Altium vs Cadence Allegro/OrCAD - Constraint Management Comparison
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Altium vs Cadence:
The best friend to any ECAD user designing printed circuit boards (PCBs) is the rules and constraint management tool. I have been using Altium and Cadence Allegro & OrCAD for some time now and decided to make a comparison list of all the things I like most about constraint management for any software tool.
How do Altium's and Cadence Design System's Allegro/OrCAD constraint management methods compare to each other?
I judge all constraint management systems on factors like efficiency, reliability and ease of rule creation or use, so those are the criteria I will be using for this comparison.
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Custom Constraint Regions/Areas
Credit goes to FEDEVEL Academy (this got cut off by mistake, sorry!) for the original design of this PCB, which I recreated and modified for my own personal project. You can learn more from Robert Feranec's Learn to Design Your Own Boards course on Udemy and on his website.
Discussed Topics:
1. Altium vs Cadence
2. Altium PCB vs Cadence PCB
03:24 User Interface
Graphics and Images
Color and design
User experience
Look and feel
06:25 Ease of Use (Rule Creation)
How easy is it to create rules?
How easy is it to just use the tool when creating rules?
13:03 Help & Documentation
How helpful is documentation for either of the tools and is it easy to read the documentation then solve problems.
I also just based on convenience in accessing that documentation and information.
15:26 Efficiency During Design
Will working with constraints speed up my process or hold me back? I really just want to set and forget the rules once I start working through my PCB design. This section explains which tool I prefer and why.
20:06 Reliability
This is the most important feature in my opinion. I absolutely need the rules supporting my design so that by the time I send it to the manufacturer for DFM checks, I have no errors. So this will be the make or break criteria for me when assessing any ECAD software tool.
23:50 Final Choice
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