Mentor Graphics free browser asks for licence..?

Like many large software packages, you will need to ask for a free license file. Which will only be good for 30 days. Which will be loaded with hound-ware, so every time you open the program is will ask if you have a full license file available, yet.

Is truly free! ( but they do remind you to purchase a full version )

don

I also use GC-Prevue, great software. However, it only allows the study of Gerber files. It does not support the native raw output formats of CAD software, you have to first run things through the CAM processor to get Gerbers.

A real pain with GC-Preview and others is the lack of a transparent mode. When checking third party layouts I have to hide/unhide layers all the time until my wrist hurts. The only viewer with transparent view I found is the one from the gEDA group under Linux. But in transparent-mode it's very slow.

I had used GC-Preview, but it would want you to update the software when a new version was out. Switched to Lavenir (Pentalogic) Viewmate, less annoying.

Cheers

Thanks for all answers. I know and use GCPrevue. But it is not the right tool for the reviewing I need to do. (checking nets etc.)

I did a "free browser" install once, long ago, on a different computer, and on *that* computer the new browser will work - appearently the old install left a licence file or environmental variable somewhere.

I guess I need to place some calls..