From: pvr@wang.com (Peter Reilley)
Subject: Re: 3rd Party PADS Manuals?
Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 92 18:07:18 GMT
Keywords: PADS schematics

pjh@mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg) writes:

>I'm getting conflicting reports on the limits of the shareware version
>of PADS software. What is the max number of components? Does that
>include resistors, caps, etc., or is it a max for ICs?

	Here it the job limits that the schematic capture program
(pcbshare.exe) reports.   What they mean in every case, I don't know.

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JOB LIMITS REPORT -- \PADS\FILES\MYJOB01.SCH -- Wed Sep 09 13:43:55 1992



  ITEM TYPE                MAX NO# ITEMS   ITEMS USED

Sheets                            2             1
Sht Gate/Net Ref                500             0

Parts                            70             0
Part Para. Ref                 1400             0
Part Para. Names               2350             0

Nets                            150             0
Nets chars                     2000             0

Other                          1008          1008



            --------------- NEXT SHEET NUMBER 1 --------------

  ITEM TYPE                MAX NO# ITEMS   ITEMS USED

Text Strings                     75            35
Text Chars.                     750           209

Drawings                         75             9
Pieces                          250            47
Corners                        1000           109
Arcs                             50             0

Part Decals                      60            20
Terminals                       300             0

Part Types                       25             0
Gates                            50             0
Gate Pins                       300             0
Gate Sig Pins                    50             0
Pin Num Names                   300             0
Pin Names                      1000             0

Gates/Comps.                    200             0
Comp pins                       600             0

Nets names                      300             0

Tie Dots                        100             0

Off Page Refs                   300             0

Buses                            10             0

Connections                     300             0
Route Segments                 2000             0

Other                            20            20


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	Here is the limits that the PC layout program (pcbshare.exe) reports;

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JOB LIMITS REPORT -- MYJOB001 -- Wed Sep 09 13:47:17 1992



  ITEM TYPE       MAX NO# ITEMS     ITEMS USED

Parts                     70                0

Nets                     150                0
Connections              300                0
Route Segments          2000                0

Part Types                25                0
Gates                     50                0
Gate Pins                300                0
Gate Sig Pins             50                0
Pin Num Names            300                0

Part Decals               28                0
Terminals                300                2
Term. Stacks             300                2

Pad Stacks                51                2
Level Info               200                4

Drawings                 100                2
Pieces                   200                0
Corners                 1000                0
Arcs                      50                0

Text Strings              50                0
Text Chars.             1000                0

Matrixes                   5                0
Deleted Pnts             100                0

Spacing Errors           200                0

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