Off screen auto connect for starters and auto connect in general.
Disconnect during the drag operation.
Loss of orthogonal in some block drag operations
Absolutely shity library editor.
Years ago Cadstar would let you shuffle part pins right on the schematic. Years ago DOS would let you move part reference and part values on fine grid while keeping everything else on coarse grid.
Skyrocketing maintenance fees.
Our local rep does not even have the software installed in their home office.
Remember the old style copy/paste/cut ctrl+ins etc. That is a right hand combination for left handed mouse users. Most apps support both, EXCEPT, you guessed it, Capture!
I'd also add that maintenance fees all seem to be spent on adding bells and whistles rather than new models. The SM PSU models are
20yrs old.
Those in the UK might be interested to know that Cadence is breaking UK law. UK is part of the EU which has laws covering EU wide purchasing, i.e. I can buy any product/service anywhere in the EU and the manufacturer can not limit this. For example a while back people were importing right-hand drive (i.e. UK) cars from Europe as the price was a lot lower (then). Now UK pspice users can ONLY buy maintenance (or pspice) from the UK VAR as that is the terms Cadence applies to the VARs. That is breaking EU law. Car manufacturers used to do this and got fined AFAIR. I'd actually like to buy maintenance from USA as it is 40% cheaper! (VAR set their own price!).
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Malcolm
Malcolm Reeves BSc CEng MIEE MIRSE, Full Circuit Ltd, Chippenham, UK
Sounds painful. I don't use any auto features and I love the old DOS version. That was when things were reliable, maintenance was not an issue and so on.
As Jim said, after the aquisition it changed. Prices started to become pretty non-competitive. Especially when you consider the cost of products such as Eagle. Not quite as powerful but the thing is, for 99% of design it is enough CAD.
Still, Capture is the defacto standard in many companies on the West Coast.
It's an old 9.8 that came with Orcad 9.8. I though that I'd express the opinion that Orcad is good for nothing but Layout and even
*that* can be dispensed with. Furthermore, I'll get Protel (that's partly a bluff. I'm not very fond of Altium at this point.) if I can't get PSpice with Schematics in the future.
Would that be clear enough? By "support", I take it you mean they're thinking of dropping Schematics and keeping Capture, right?
Since you are one of the IC gurus, what tool are you using? Do your clients make you use Cadence? If they didn't, what would be your all time favorite these days?
That's nice. If they go that way, it's only a matter of time before someone discovers the ActiveX interface and writes a new capture program. But if they "talk" through the interface using encryption or encoding, it won't be so trivial.
It might surprise you, but I've recently discovered that a MAJOR ANALOG IC manufacturer uses PSpice; when they inquired about creating behavioral models.
But I don't know what they are using for schematic capture.
...Jim Thompson
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Actually, I quite like Analog Artist's schematic capture. I don't have any major complaints after many solid years using it. It even has a great router for wiring up. I think this done to your usual..er.. age... bit... you know the one about old dogs and tricks...
Kevin Aylward snipped-for-privacy@anasoft.co.uk
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