[SI-LIST] Re: Windows-based schematic editors
- From: "Michael Poimboeuf" <Michael_Poimboeuf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <richard.moffat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:30:27 -0800
Cohesion from Silicon Canvas is the evolution of Xilinx for ECS
(Engineering Capture System).
I've used both Viewlogic (now DxDesigner) and ECS (now Cohesion). I went
from Viewlogic to ECS and then back again to DxDesigner. They're both
fine product lines. ECS/Cohesion is simpler to use than DxDesigner, but
there is a much larger codebase (native+3rd party+homegrown) supporting
DxDesigner.
The version of ECS I used was the last version that Jesse Newcomb,
SiCanvas VP of Product Development, used when he was a designer at
Silicon Graphics (he spent 4 years there overlapping my seven). I
shipped several successful and profitable products using that version of
ECS. =20
I especially liked the flat structure and ASCII output from ECS. It
allows quick tracing of signals between pages and makes source revision
control a breeze. The problem with DxDesigner is that you have to
archive a snapshot of an entire design to to back-ups whereas with ECS
you just have to back-up the files that change - often as few as one
file.
DxDesigner has the larger codebase though... And that's what I use today
because that's what I use.=20
Just like I use Microsoft Word even though I prefer Framemaker. I use it
because that's what I use.
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mkp=20
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> [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of richard moffat
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 4:23 PM
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> Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Windows-based schematic editors
>=20
>=20
> We use DxDesigner (formally known as ViewDraw formally known as
> ViewLogic), mainly due to historical reasons.
>=20
> We looked at Cohesion at one time. Has anyone any migration stories
> for DxDesigner to Cohesion they would like to share?
>=20
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