Many users agree, however, that product development could evolve most elegantly if 3D tools absorbed the intricate setup tasks, leaving designers in intuitive environments where they are able to drag and drop components from MCAD to ECAD and back again. Who has time to fiddle with orientation parameters, especially when the export leaves out important information such as holes, silkscreen, or solder mask? Sure, it is great to have powerful functions, such as 3D, but project managers rarely see the value in spending time on anything other than work that gets the printed circuit board directly into fab and assembly houses for build. The learning curves continue to suck precious hours from engineers and PCB designers, leaving many to give up new functions, such as 3D, in favor of reliable 2D environments. It is a shame we’ve come so far from the first CPU and its promise of computing power to still struggle with endless menus, and setting intricate parameters just to get started. Spending my weekends contending with powerful, yet non-intuitive modeling software is getting old.
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