Re: Electric's PCB functionality

[Steven Rubin]

> In the description of Electric product, I found the
> following statement:
>
> The program handles the following types of designs:
> MOS (6 CMOS variations, 1 nMOS variation), bipolar and
> BiCMOS, schematics and printed circuits, digital
> filters, temporal logic, and artwork.
>
> which mentions Printed Circuits. But reading the
> User's Manual, I didn't find chapters or sections
> on this topic. Is it a future plan or existing
> feature?

Electric really only handles Printed Circuits in a limited way.  There is a 
Printed Circuit technology that supports up to 8-layer boards (thus 
enabling you to display and edit the finished boards).  There is a 
schematic editor that can be used, at the other end, to design 
boards.  However, there are no parts libraries, nor are there 
place-and-route facilities in Electric.

Some people have done PC design in Electric, but they do it by drawing 
schematics, and then exporting those netlists to other systems that do the 
place, route, and final layout.  Electric is able to generate netlists for 
three such systems: Pads, ECAD, and Eagle.

Nevertheless, your point is well taken, and I will update the documentation 
to more precisely describe Electric's capabilities.

   -Steven Rubin