Sale on DEX - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: mstevens
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2012, 02:16:41 am
content: www.kov.comis having a sale on new licenses and upgrades of DEX if anyone is interested.Seehttp://www.kov.com/Purchase/FullVersionSpecialOffer.aspxI am not affiliated with this company other than personally owning a license.Melvin

author: Amarbir[Lynx-India]
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2012, 04:00:23 am
content: Quote from: mstevens on October 07, 2012, 02:16:41 amSir ,I Have Been Using Free Version Of eagle .How Good Is This Software .I Would Not Mind Paying USD 4X For The Same If Some Seasoned people on the forum can vouch for the same

author: ciccio
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2012, 05:35:45 pm
content: I remember using, in ancient DOS times, PROTEL Autotrax, and I'm still in love with it.Never found a simpler user interface....Is this a modern version of Protel? The name suggest this.If so, the price is really interesting.Best regards

author: Amarbir[Lynx-India]
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2012, 05:46:07 pm
content: Quote from: ciccio on October 07, 2012, 05:35:45 pmWell,I Hope Not This seems to be a different project .Even i like the pricing of the same and i have asked for help in the pcb designing section .

author: mstevens
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2012, 08:04:47 pm
content: It is a completely different project from the old Protel Autotrax. I am not a salesman for the software just a user. I don't use the software for production although I believe that I could. This package has a lot of nice features and is quite intuitive. Hopefully some others can give you more information. I merely wanted to let people know about the "deal", as I do believe it is a pretty good deal for what you get.Illija is very responsive about fixing bugs and adding features too.Melvin

author: NewBeginner
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2012, 10:52:28 pm
content: @ilijaI downloaded and installed it but when I try to run it, it crashes after the splash screen. I am using Windows XP SP3.

author: richcj10
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 08, 2012, 03:03:26 am
content: I am evaluating this software right now.How do you adjust the with of the traces?Also, when do you think you will have the surface mount support on capacitors and resistors?ThanksRick

author: Amarbir[Lynx-India]
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2012, 04:33:26 am
content: Quote from: ilija on October 07, 2012, 09:29:00 pmWell,i did give one feedback .To make a software a hit with newbies like me its very important to have a great user manual and also a tutorial .What tutorials are you talking about ,those 1 minute stupid video's ? .If i was at your place i would pause development and concentrate of user manual and tutorial manual of the same and have videos that are long and are actual tutorials .You know something you have a bomb there .I have never seen a software that great in looks ever in my life and that cheap .If you could just do this with this software man you will rule the world .With a passion like you have i think its just a few days time since you can do that .PS : i run a store in indiawww.lynx-india.comand i would be thrilled in distributing it in india .Once these small issues are taken care of .I think that you need to focus on the student community but your user manual SUCKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS .Its not even complete i have no idea why its included in the first place

author: richcj10
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 08, 2012, 04:50:24 am
content: DEX just stopped working on my Win. 7 64bit computer... It gets stuck at the splash screen....any advice?Thanks,Rick

author: NewBeginner
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2012, 05:02:44 am
content: After a reboot it started to work. But it is extremely slow. Practically it is unusable on my work system: AMD Athlon 64 X2, 2.6GHz (dual core), 4GB RAM, GeForce FX5500 256MB.

author: Amarbir[Lynx-India]
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2012, 05:17:41 am
content: Quote from: NewBeginner on October 08, 2012, 05:02:44 amWell,Works File On a Lappie With Turion X2 ,2GB ,Win XP 32 Bit SP3

author: richcj10
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 08, 2012, 05:42:03 am
content: Quotereboot fixed it...thanks

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2012, 12:46:09 pm
content: the fact that dex needs netfx or something (if i read it correctly) makes it quite slow and buggy. just now i got distorted interface where color swatch is on the top, wrong gui interface scaling etc. i uninstall and install there's one file unable to overwrite, when i open task manager, there are alot of dex.exe not unloaded. the author should check the program cleanup during termination.i'm still looking the way to create part that has more than one component in it. for example dual or quad opamp, it is one part, but 4 electrical components in it, ie 4 opamps, how do i make such part and put all opamps in schematics and the program will know they are all from the same part?

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2012, 05:40:08 pm
content: uninstall install reboot didnt help, it must be some registry entry didnt get deleted during uninstall, this is how it renders right now (it was ok the first time i install it)... so where is the entry i need to edit to reset this workspace?

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2012, 06:25:23 pm
content: Quote from: ilija on October 07, 2012, 09:29:00 pmDo yourself a favor and remove the video's that show that arduino board.. i wanted to claw my eyes out after seeing the routing mess on that board ...

author: free_electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 10, 2012, 05:37:40 pm
content: Quote from: ilija on October 10, 2012, 05:17:11 pmAint gonna happen. For two reasons:1) I use altium. I will play a bit with DEX just to see what it is but i have a very high 'demand level' of software. PCB design software needs to be more than a replacement for pen and paper... I'll give some feedback after playing.2) i wouldn't be caught dead with an arduino ... ( just kidding about 2 , not kidding about 1)99% of the autorouters stink. Period.The remaining 1% can do a good job provided they are driven by someone who knows what he is doing and takes the time to set up the router properly. And write the routing specifications out. Garbage in = garbage out and this applies to autorouters as well. For the other 99% of the routers even 'quality in' = 'garbage out'. Simply because they don;t know how to deal with rule sets or lack in the definition capability there-of.

author: DavidDLC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 04:37:19 am
content: Quote from: richcj10 on October 08, 2012, 04:50:24 amThe advice is that you will not get good support, I bought this software and I had a lot of problems with it, the recommendation from the owner was to format the computer ! What ?I did it anyways, I had to format the computer, with the same results, the software never worked fine, I asked for a refund since it never worked and guess what ? No refunds, no support, nothing.I don't recommend this product, also the software looks like a toy, Eagle, Kicad and others are better, don't bother with this.

author: DavidDLC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 04:45:39 am
content: The owner will post and will try to defend himself from my previous post.I had the bad experience and I think that I need to tell what happened to me.I'm wondering why the price is lower now compared when I bought it 3 years ago !Did you heard about this software before ? This is not new, and it is not good.( This post is from an angry ex-DEX user, well the software never worked so I cannot say I was a user anyways )

author: Amarbir[Lynx-India]
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 05:25:43 am
content: Quote from: DavidDLC on October 11, 2012, 04:45:39 amWell,If the developer of this software is serious enough i see no reason why you cannot get the latest version free for 1 year .But if every time you have the issue of not working software ,Then seriously something is wrong at your end and not the end of the developer .Thing about it .He has several thousand users as he claims in his website .I am trying it out right now and it is working perfectly fine ? .He is not ending you and me different codes right ? .think about thisPS : Developer is urged to send him a free version this actually send a strong active support message to all

author: Amarbir[Lynx-India]
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 05:28:02 am
content: Quote from: ilija on October 10, 2012, 05:04:23 pm

author: DavidDLC
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 11, 2012, 05:59:38 am
content: Quote from: Amarbir[Lynx-India] on October 11, 2012, 05:28:02 am