What are the main PCB programs now? And which are dying off

[AutoTRAX]

Re: What are the main PCB programs now? And which are dying

There has been a lot of consolidation and some products disappeared, so as of May 2010, what are the main professional grade programs available?

In no particular order, here is what seems to be the most current list:

1. Mentor Graphics PADS
2. Mentor Graphics Expedition
3. Cadence Allegro
4. Altium
5. Zuken CR5000

And here is a list of who seems to be dying off:

1. Intercept
2. Pulsonix
3. Zuken Cadstar
4. Orcad
5. Mentor Graphics Board Station

Added after 2 minutes:

sorry, forgot to add this: others please share your opinions

not debating which is better or worse; just a list of those that seem to be gaining share and those losing share

You have missed 3 others.
AutoTRAX http://kov.com
Diptrace http://diptrace.com
Labcenter http://www.labcenter.com

Regards
Iliya Kovac

 

[electronicsbasecom]

Probably there are no open source (free) solution, am i right?

 

[AutoTRAX]

Probably there are no open source (free) solution, am i right?

Yes there is
https://www.kicad-pcb.org
KiCad is an EDA software suite for the creation of professional schematics and printed circuit boards. Kicad runs on Windows, Linux and Apple OS X and is released under the open-source GNU GPL v2.

Regards
Iliya Kovac
Developer AutoTRAX DEX

 

[edbp]

Re: What are the main PCB programs now? And which are dying

And here is a list of who seems to be dying off:

1. Intercept
2. Pulsonix
3. Zuken Cadstar
4. Orcad
5. Mentor Graphics Board Station

Well, at least Pulsonix seems not going to die - now it is in version 7.6 with several patchsets.

 

[marce]

Zuken Cadstar is going strong, and always has been, well informed info...NOT