Mentor Graphics Releases New PADS Products

Mentor Graphics Corp. has released three new PADS products. These packages, according to the company, are designed to address the needs of the independent engineer.

These new releases combine classic PADS products with three levels of design technology. Available in Standard, Standard Plus and Professional, users have access to a platform for PCB (printed circuit board) design and analysis. The different versions offer the following features:

• PADS Standard: Offers a starter parts library, part creation wizard and archive management.
• PADS Standard Plus: Includes advanced constraint management, high-speed net constraints and routing, central library creation and management HyperLynx simulation.
• PADS Professional: Equipped with Xpedition-powered technologies such as sketch routing, simultaneous 2D/3D layout, hierarchical placement planning, component and net explorers, manufacturing press and design review.

“Mentor Graphics has long been known for providing market and technology leading solutions for team design in large enterprises with our Xpedition product line as well as our classic PADS offerings,” says AJ Incorvaia, general manager of Mentor Graphics' Systems Design Division. “But as the industry grows there is more need for higher productivity design capabilities for the independent engineer.  With the PADS product offerings we can better serve the independent engineer with scalable price-performance options from lower priced options up to highly complex design and analysis powered by Xpedition technologies. And as the design organization expands, we offer seamless scalability to our Xpedition Enterprise platform.”

For more information, visit Mentor Graphics.

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.