Thank you for taking the time to evaluate the P-CAD Master Designer 6.0 
products.  We understand that  it's important to thoroughly evaluate 
specialized and highly technical products before making financial 
commitments.

We're convinced that after you evaluate this product, you will be satisfied 
that it meets all your PCB design needs.  When you've decided on P-CAD, 
please be sure to contact the authorized P-CAD reseller that supplied you 
with this evaluation copy to get started right away on your road to design 
success.

Minimum System Requirements:

386, 486 PC
6 Megabytes memory
Mouse
VGA Graphics
25 Megabytes free hard disk space
3.5" floppy disk drive

What's in this Evaluation Copy:

Software

This evaluation copy of P-CAD 6.0 contains a 100-percent fully functional 
copy of the following P-CAD PCB design tools:

Master Schematic. Symbol creation, schematic entry, and capture editor.

Schematic Packager. Schematic linking, checking, and packaging, generating a 
PCB database.

Master Layout. PCB layout editor with interactive and automatic placement, and 
interactive trace entry.

Master Router. Automatic PCB routing editor with memory, maze, rip-up, and 
optimization passes.

Hardcopy. Printer, pen plotter and Gerber photoplotter output support.

Evaluation Library. Limited quantity of schematic symbols and PCB parts.

Tutorial Files. A sample schematic and PC board tutorial that will help you 
learn P-CAD's features and functions. All necessary files have been included 
to guide you through each aspect of the design process.

Although this software is fully functional, we have limited the size of the 
schematic and PCB databases to a maximum of 35 components.

Documentation

Installation Guide. This document helps you install the software, configure 
your system and set environment variables.

Getting Started. This document  introduces you to the P-CAD printed circuit 
board design system.  It includes how to use the mouse and keyboard, how to 
enter and exit P-CAD, an overview of the P-CAD modules, and information on 
how to manipulate the P-CAD screens.

Tutorial. This document leads you through the P-CAD system using a sample set 
of databases and libraries provided on the diskettes.  It helps you understand 
how the P-CAD system works so you can fairly assess the power and flexibility 
this software provides.

What's Not Included:

P-CAD's extensive set of over 7,000 library components included in the 
released Master Designer product.

P-CAD's bi-directional EDIF netlist translator that supports the EDIF 2.0.0 
format.  This translator is included in the released Master Designer product.

P-CAD's SPICE Circuit Writer that outputs a netlist readable by Microsim 
PSPICE and SPICE simulators. This translator is included in the released 
Master Designer product.

P-CAD's manufacturing editor, ECAM, allows you to read, edit and panelize 
Gerber files.  This editor also supports a host of different PC-board 
manufacturing utilities including automatic insertion, NC-drill and automatic 
test point extraction ATE.

Extensive documentation covering detailed features of all applications, 
programs, and interface modules.  All documentation is included in the 
released Master Designer product.



Other CADAM Products Not Included:

P-CAD on UNIX. This is the same product you are evaluating, but runs on the 
IBM RISC/6000 and Sun SPARCstations.
 
MICRO CADAM. This product is a 2D and 3D mechanical design editor that 
runs on the PC, IBM RISC/6000, and Sun SPARCstations.

IBM CAD. This is a 2D drafting editor that runs on the PC.

Viewport Plus. This is a view and edit program that reads standard printer and 
plotter output formats into an editor that allows you to make modifications 
and additions.  This program runs on the PC.


Evaluation Support:

You can obtain technical support for this evaluation copy by contacting the 
local authorized P-CAD reseller that provided you with this copy.  If you 
don't know who that reseller is or where you got this software, please 
contact the nearest CADAM office in your area:

Burbank, CA             800-458-7695
Boulder, CO             303-447-3500
Casselberry, FL         407-834-6900
Costa Mesa, CA          714-432-6374
Marietta, GA            404-641-9154
Irving, TX              214-506-0393
Livonia, MI             313-591-7428
Woburn, MA              617-933-1984
Wayne, PA               215-688-7300
Germany                 49-69-6-640080
France                  33-1-45-708998
United Kingdom          44-494-49500
Singapore               65-777-9158
Austria			43-222-253626-31		Kurt Wiesauer

