Looking for input on a good schematic entry CAD. Will be doing mostlydigital circiutry.TIAWendell

The old DOS Orcad was the best one ever created by Man. It had automatic scrolling, block dragging and block moving. It also had a good macro feature that you could use to quickly repeat operations. Many operations could be repeated by just pressing the "R" key. This was ideal for placing data and address lines. They had a clever mouse and keyboard interface that worked well if you used one hand on the mouse and the other to press keys. With a little practice, you could really fly through stuff.The newer Windows based programs claim that you can enter your schematic just by clicking the mouse. They are correct in the same sense that you can type War And Peace in Morse Code just by clicking. It takes many more actions to enter the schematic than the old Orcad required.-- -- forging knowledge

Best Schematic entry cad?

Jan 08, 2005 21 Replies

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Leon Heller 21 years ago

To get 1:1 you need to use Output>CAM/Plot (or Shift-P) instead of File>Print. You will need to tell it you want to output to the Windows printer (CAM/Plots tab), as it will probably default to Gerber output.

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EN 21 years ago

To get 1:1 you need to use Output>CAM/Plot (or Shift-P) . Don't use File>Print.

You will need to tell Pulsonix to output to the Windows printer (CAM/Plots tab), as it will probably default to Gerber output.

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