ORCAD vs EAGLE

[KBG]

Hi ,

Which is the better option to buy -- ORCAD or EAGLE ?
Kindly share your views and suggestions .

Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru

 

[JeffM]

KBG wrote:

Which is the better option to buy -- ORCAD or EAGLE ?
Karthik Balaguru

Cadsoft's recent use of DRM
http://www.google.com/search?q=defineRM
and their recent Screw-You policy toward paying customers
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.arch.embedded/browse_frm/thread/f794e82d26b59e18/d7cf4149edb93ac7?q=*-*-website+reuse+paying.*+*-I-will-switch+cracked-*+*.would.not.help.*+zzz+after-*-*-version-*+copied+*.*.unlock.*.designs+*-*-*-*-exchange-*-*-*-*-third-party+reused+qq+*-*-single-bit-*-*-*-*+useless+*-*-*-projects-could-no-longer-be-opened
is going to cost them much more than they will recoup from this idiocy.

OrCAD has been headed downhill for a long time.
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/browse_frm/thread/b24876849e22418a/b330a2d925e42561?q=Orcad's-new-policy-of-doing-programming-in-India-has-caused-lots-of-problems-in-the-new-releases
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/browse_frm/thread/df1046c85a0329c3/0fb5402a73dcd992?q=*-*-*-agree-*+*-see-what-you-like+Protel.If+OrCAD.seems+slowest.growing+Accel-Bah+in-practice+inbetween

Have you looked at the prices of KiCAD and gEDA?
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/search?q=KiCAD+gEDA+free+OR+open-source+OR+GPL+-free-time

 

[Joerg]

Hello Karthik,

Which is the better option to buy -- ORCAD or EAGLE ?
Kindly share your views and suggestions .

I switched to Eagle. Was a longtime OrCad user but never liked their
Windows stuff much. When they jacked up the prices big time I pulled the
plug. Eagle is IMHO a much better deal. Also has a nice support forum
which can be accessed via a newsreader and not some crummy web interface.

The downsides I saw with Eagle: No hierarchical sheet structure and I
don't have the impression they understand how important that is. No
secondary part fields but they promised to fix that. Also, since OrCad
is still the de-facto standard where I live I cannot easily exchange
schematics with clients. Just had that happen again yesterday.

You can download a free version and try it out. Library part edits are a
bit more cumbersome than in OrCad but one does get used to it over time.

--
Regards, Joerg

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