Schematic design workflow
Posted: 22 Sep 2019, 15:30
Hello Diptrace community,
I'm a longtime (~15 years) user of Eagle and am considering updating my company's ECAD software. Eagle's new "rental" structure under AutoDesk is unappealing, so I'm weighing my options between Diptrace, Solidworks PCB, and Altium Designer. I've spent about 16 hours watching videos and reading forums like this one, but some basic usability issues are not yet clear, so here I humbly ask:
1. My company assigns its own part numbers and descriptions to all components. How can I tie this information into Diptrace so that when I generate a BOM that information is shown?
2. Electrical circuit design flow often means that, for example, I know a need a resistor here, but I don't yet know what wattage or resistance value. How does Diptrace handle this uncertainty?
I'm a longtime (~15 years) user of Eagle and am considering updating my company's ECAD software. Eagle's new "rental" structure under AutoDesk is unappealing, so I'm weighing my options between Diptrace, Solidworks PCB, and Altium Designer. I've spent about 16 hours watching videos and reading forums like this one, but some basic usability issues are not yet clear, so here I humbly ask:
1. My company assigns its own part numbers and descriptions to all components. How can I tie this information into Diptrace so that when I generate a BOM that information is shown?
2. Electrical circuit design flow often means that, for example, I know a need a resistor here, but I don't yet know what wattage or resistance value. How does Diptrace handle this uncertainty?