![]() The "DxDesigner to Expedition PCB" window opens.Ī) central library (is already chosen and shown greyed / locked)Ĭ) PCB directory (already chosen, but I can make changes)Īfter selecting my template and PCB directory I click OK and I get the following error: "Can't import layout template." I want to start the PCB design (I use Expedition Enterprise 7.9.5) and therefore click on the tool "Expedition PCB"(in DxDesigner). ![]() I know a load of PADS users feel the same. ![]() What am I supposed to do with my current license? A huge amount of money thrown away. I am not going to buy a new PADS Professional licence, even with some discount. I am having a really bad experience with PADS, and I would expect Mentor to allow me to upgrade my package to PADS Professionnal. Given the endless list of problems I've been face to using PADS, and the poor productivity achieved, I could think Mentor is just pushing people to move to Xpedition technology (=PADS Professional), and leave PADS dying. I can not even count how many times I sent my project to maintenance because of weird things happening. Integration of DxDesigner, Layout, Router and Central Libraries is really poor, and so far, I have never met any software with so many bugs. I spent a lot of time time building libraries for netlist project, and then PADS moved to the Integrated Flow a few months later… Let’s loose some more time on building the Central librairies. ![]() This is confirmed by the fact that Mentor is actually not allowing any upgrade to PADS Professional. Suites are supposed to be “scalable”: PADS Standard/Plus and PADS Professional are not compatible, you just cannot work on the same layout with both tools. I wonder why Mentor is talking about 3 PADS packages when PADS Professional is actually not PADS, but an Xpedition light version.
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