Allegro 15.1 opinions

[barristan]

What does everyone think about the new 15.1?
Personally I am not sure yet if I like the way it handles shapes.

[cadpro2k]

Shapes is a whole new ballgame with v15. Back to the experimentation table. I've worked with both PADS and Expedition and the shapes mode is much more like they do it. Is that good? I'll have to experiment more before I give an opinion. From what I've seen a more experienced person do (and they're not a Cadence employee) with planes leads me to believe they'll be better.

But, if you're still not comfortable with dynamic planes you can always revert and leave them as 'static' planes (like V14 and past versions). That's up to you.

The dynamic plane capabilities seem to require you to be more creative, but that could be just me. I do know the dynamic planes leave you lots more options than PADS for voiding and finding islands and the like.

Good day.