Protel 99 SE Design Easy Desig

Protel 99 SE Making Electronic Design Easy Designer's Handbook Supplement:Increase your PCB Design Productivity with Protel 99 SE Welcome to the Protel 99 SE Designer's Handbook Supplement, your comprehensive guide to exploring and using the new and enhanced features included in Protel 99 SE. The information in this supplement will help you get the most from Protel 99 SE's advanced board design features, and complements the comprehensive information provided in the Protel 99 Designer's Handbook.Protel 99 SE is the latest version of Protel's integrated board-level design system for the Windows NT/98/95 operating system. It builds on the foundation of Protel's unique Design Explorer platform,introduced with the release of Protel 99, by adding a host of new and enhanced features aimed at streamlining the board design process. Protel 99 SE’s Design Explorer integration platform has been optimized to give fast application and design document opening, more responsive performance and more efficient memory usage. You now have a choice of design data storage methods – save your integrated design in a single Access database, or as stand-alone files and folders using the simplicity of the Windows File System. With either storage method you have available the full power and convenience of Protel 99 SE’s design management and integration features.From design entry through to manufacturing output creation, Protel 99 SE gives you greater design flexibility and power. Capture your design faster and more accurately with Protel 99 SE’s enhanced schematic editor, that now features direct on-sheet text editing, sheet-by-sheet and positional annotation, automatic component class creation based on source schematic sheets, plus a host of timesaving editing and interface enhancements.Create your board from 32 signal layers, 16 internal plane layers, and 16 mechanical layers, with fullydefinable layer stackup and drill layer pairing. With enhanced power plane connectivity, new design rules and rule scopes, and import/export of design rule sets, Protel 99 SE’s PCB editor gives you unparalleled versatility in board design definition.New and enhanced interactive component placement tools will slash design layout time. Protel 99 SE supports on-board graphical creation and editing of placement rooms, dynamic real-time optimization of connection lines during component moves, and the ability to group components for fast placement of component blocks.New PCB design features in Protel 99 SE include a powerful PCB print management system, an advanced 3D PCB renderer and viewer, and an invaluable CAM Manager that gives you “one click”output generation.The above enhancements and features are just a taste of the many ways in which Protel 99 SE makes your desktop a more productive board design environment. Please explore this supplement and see just how much easier design can be with Protel 99 SE.