Schematic capture/PCB design software

Please see comments below. Dick -----Original Message----- From: Bruce Lane <kyrrin(a)bluefeathertech.com> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org> Date: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 8:02 PM Subject: Re: Schematic capture/PCB design software a I've got a sample package of CIrcuitMaker and TraxMaker and found it wanting, particularly in simulation models and device symbols. When I got OrCAD in the mid-'80's they covered over 90% of the TTL and CMOS devices available. By comparison, I'd say I found these two to be lacking about 90%. It's really not a problem with their libraries, but with how they're managed. They build a symbol for 7400, say, but there's no guarantee there's a corresponding symbol for the 74HC00 or 74S37, which would use the same package and symbol. They had nearly no AC or ACT parts represented, nor did they have BCT or F library components. Since you're paying for a simulator, there ought to be correct models for 7400, 74L00, 74H00, 74C00, 74S00, 74LS00, 74AC00, 74ACT00, 74AHCT00, 74ACT00, 74AHCTLS00, and so on. There ought also to be plenty of models for CMOS parts starting with 40xx, 44xx, 45xx, and a goodly number of 7300 and 7600 series parts. OrCAD had all that back in the mid-80's. They no longer offer that much coverage, owning to the increased knowledge of the user community, which would merely point out all their errors. Have you found otherwise?