"MENTOR GRAPHICS" software..... 1

[CAD2015]

Hi,

Is "MENTOR GRAPHICS " easy to learn?
How long would it take to get it to a good level?
Any training available for it online?

Thanks,

CAD 2015

 

[3DDave]

Easy compared to what? I would say it's easy for those with 10-20 years of detailed related electrical design.

It handles the following areas:

Electronic Design Automation
Embedded Systems
FPGA Synthesis
Electrical Systems, Cabling, and Harness
Simulation
Emulation
Mechanical Design

 

[CAD2015]

3DDave,

Thanks for the prompt reply.
I do not have electrical design experience, other than Electrical Routing design training.....

CAD 2015

 

[3DDave]

Electrical routing of what? Circuit boards? Cables and harnesses?

From what I recall Mentor Graphics for those areas required the company to create their own libraries of items and so you would have to, in large part, be trained by the using company for their standards. I don't believe it's a good fit for self-training. Unlike other programs which are usually a substitute for drafting, this is an extension of existing design experience - CAE rather than CAD.

 

[CAD2015]

Electrical routing of cables and harnesses.
I understand now.
Thank you!

CAD 2015

 

[3DDave]

It appears they have two separate programs for that - one designed especially for vehicles and the other one general purpose. I expect they operate much differently from each other as they went on a buying spree.

I saw that they have in their mechanical portfolio a program called CADRA which was from Adra Systems and used a copy of the interface for some much more expensive software, CADAM; they even had a custom keyboard for their dedicated workstation that included directly typed symbols of all kinds. See

http://www.cadhistory.net/21 Miscellaneous.pdf

if you are interested.

http://www.cadhistory.net

is a pretty thorough website for the topic.

 

[CAD2015]

3DDave,
Thank you!

CAD 2015