CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
22 February 2005
Product News
Zuken Announces P-CAD to CADSTAR Migration Tool as Part of Ongoing Commitment to Reduce Costs Associated with the Transition From Legacy EDA Packages
Zuken and its newest technology partner, LogicSwap, have recently launched a new migration solution that allows users of P-CAD to transfer PCB design data, schematic databases and corporate libraries to CADSTAR. In addition to this complete new solution, users will have the added benefit of being able to convert back to P-CAD if required using the CADSTAR to P-CAD solution.
This solution, along with a range of other migration modules, is available as a result of a partnership between EDA interface provider LogicSwap, and Zuken. This is a move to address migration concerns related to the preservation of customers' legacy EDA data, by providing solutions and services that accurately and reliably migrate design data, including EDA libraries. New tool evaluation decisions such as whether or not to abandon legacy data and fears about the loss of investment made in previous designs are no longer an issue, as the constraining factors that previously locked companies into a single supplier solution have been removed. A dedicated LogicSwap Support and Consultancy team, focused on managing complicated PCB designs, engineering schematics and libraries, is available to ensure a smooth transition from legacy EDA design packages.
Werner Rissiek, Zuken Engineering General Manager, comments on the partnership: "Robust migration tools are absolutely paramount in ensuring that our customers achieve one hundred per cent design integrity when migrating. LogicSwap's knowledge of companies' design migration requirements enables them to provide a customized solution for specific data translations."
"For organizations with legacy designs that need to be kept up to date, investment recovery is critical. Using LogicSwap modules, these companies will be able to migrate to solutions that will carry them to the next decade", continued Rissiek.
Additional migration solutions are also available for OrCAD Capture and Layout, GenCAD Support, Gerber file recovery and Bi-Directional EDIF support for Schematic databases. Currently LogicSwap is in the process of developing solutions for migration from Protel and PADS-to be announced in the near future.
LogicSwap has been providing migration solutions to CADSTAR users for over four years and is fully endorsed by Zuken as the preferred provider for migration links to CADSTAR, Zuken's desktop PCB design solution.
LogicSwap's P-CAD to CADSTAR Module is available now and is priced from $3000.00.
For more information about CADSTAR migration tools please visit http://www.cadstarworld.com/migrate or http://www.logicswap.com .
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