PCB software on Mac

[peranders]

Do you know any seroius, I mean serious pcb software run natively on Mac OSX? Eagle run under X11 but are there more alternatives except from running Windows on a Mac (which works very good!).

[r_canor]

Do you know any seroius, I mean serious pcb software run natively on Mac OSX? Eagle run under X11 but are there more alternatives except from running Windows on a Mac (which works very good!).

Do you use EAGLE Frequently in your design? How do you find EAGLE as Layout Editor?

[peranders]

I have just fooled around with Eagle so I can't give you any valid judgement. I'm not so excited if I compare to RUN EDS but if I compare with it's price I think Eagle is OK.

[Skip Yutkus]

I believe there is a package called Vamp http://www.mccad.com/
That was originally written exclusively for the Mac.

Skip

[peranders]

This software is hardly called "serious". Every picture are OS9 although I can read it runs under OSX but the old website gives me bad vibes.

[Skip Yutkus]

Hey it's a Mac, limited software availability is an issue - now if you can get it to run a Unix shell, then you can look at some SERIOUS software.

Skip

[Gizzmo]

If you thinking Mac + CAD + serious than you're thinking = ArchiCAD, MAYA, Bryce, maxwell and CINEMA 4D

For fun there is VectorWork and Cadintosh :)

As for PCB, well if you can do some emulation you could run Cadence and/or older mentor products since they work in linux.....

[peranders]

Since I have Windows Vista installed on my intel mac I can run Windows programs but the question was about Mac OSX native running pcb cad software.

[Gizzmo]

Since I have Windows Vista installed on my intel mac I can run Windows programs but the question was about Mac OSX native running pcb cad software.

Well then to simply answer your question:

"Nope" ;)


PS I post here from my Powerbook and i have run Cadence 15.5 and Mentor boardstation via my Powerbook but not natively....

[r_canor]

I have just fooled around with Eagle so I can't give you any valid judgement. I'm not so excited if I compare to RUN EDS but if I compare with it's price I think Eagle is OK.

I agree with that! Price is so low. I have used PROTEL seriously, but then migrating with EAGLE seems a no problem.

[Judah]

I run a MAC, i love it. BUT the best PCB design tools and routers seems to be Windows based, as do a few 9 growing smaller) number of other applications...PBP3 :-)

So for those Windows based applications that i cannot live without, i run Parallels Desktop and with the Windows applications in coherence mode, they sit on my Dock just like any other Mac app, I run Windows apps on my Mac and have the best of both worlds.