It depends on you what is more convenient to you. Other people love the way Altium is covering everything in one window/program. The separation in several programs is - in my opinion - a benefit not to clutter the main interface and helps a lot to orient oneself. The Altium gui is more Windows style, the OrCAD/Allego UI design is more Unix style. Another way is to float licenses with a license server, but this is something for big installations. The license you are talking about is bound to the MAC address. You can order an USB dongle and use Allegro/OrCAD on any PC you want. if you have to dig a hole, do you want a shovel or a bulldozer. When you're making a product that you intend to sell millions of, do you want your design team to use the tool they think is the easiest to use or a high end tool that may require some training. The main reasons for this is the Allegro platform has features like HDI routing, circuit replicate, embedded electrical field solvers, online manufacturing and assembly checking, team design that includes SI and PI, and constraint driven design. In these situations Allegro consistently produces a finished functioning PCB in less time, smaller form factor and less layers, at lower cost, than the competitive team. The design cycle has typical ECO's thrown into the test. The designs consist of DDr interfaces, high speed serial interfaces, RF, multiple power rails, mechanical, price, life-cycle and electrical constraints. Two design teams both start with the same pre-built libraries in their platform and then have to make a complex design. Quote from: CadenceAE on September 11, 2018, 01:02:11 pm We have many experiences of companies doing comparisons between Allegro and other tools.

We have many experiences of companies doing comparisons between Allegro and other tools.

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