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independent Protel users FAQ

Updated 2003-02-20

contents:

• About including
  • Protel-specific news and mailing lists
• getting started
• design flow
  • schematic
  • symbols for schematics
  • Layout
  • board_outline
  • footprints for Layout
  • auto-routing
  • manual routing
  • polygons
  • power planes
• libraries of schematic symbols and layout footprints
• design release to manufacturing (CAM)
  • Gerber viewers
  • Gerber file converters
  • PDF
  • bill of materials (BOM)
• How do I customize the menus ?
• How do I customize the fonts or use accented letters ?
• How to convert design information from one file format to a different one: Orcad to Protel, Protel to Orcad, Protel to DXF, Gerber to Protel, BMP to Protel, etc.
• advice on learning PWB design, and general PWB design tips including
  • general electronic construction tips
  • PWB layer stackup information
  • PWB reference designators
  • PWB test fixture
  • "Q: What do I do with pins I'm not using ?"
  • bibliography for schematic editor
  • Bibliography for layout editor
  • V score depth
• work-arounds
• related products
• microwave circuit layout tips
• reference designators
• unsorted

Altium http://www.altium.com/ sells the Protel CAD system http://www.protel.com/ | http://www.altium.com/products/protel.htm (schematic design, PWB layout, circuit simulation, FPGA design, autorouter, etc.) for US$ 7 995.00 (as of 2003-02)

The Protel Users FAQ was first posted by David Cary on 2000-04-03. -- David Cary

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current maintainer: David A Cary

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