Re: gEDA-user: Re: change from ngspice to gnucap

[Dan McMahill <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Svenn Are Bjerkem wrote:

> Even billion dollar tool creators like Cadence don't manage to make simulation 
> front-ends which really help the designers. A simulator front-end does not 
> need to be fancy, but it has to support a lot of simulator options. And since 
> there are at least  more than two simulators, you would have to make the 
> front-end modular to support whatever the end-user like to use. And that's 
> when the fun stops.

I don't think I understand where that comment is coming from.  Cadence 
has a simulation front-end which really isn't that bad and it has lots 
of things which are very helpful to designers.  Backannotation of dc 
node voltages and operating points for example are extremely useful.  It 
is pretty easy to set up and run many smaller scale simulations through 
their GUI.  The GUI can also write out the script which would perform 
the simulation you've configured.  Makes for a nice way to get started 
when you need more out of the simulation.  And, yes, cadence supports 
multiple simulators.  They're not perfect by a long shot, but we could 
learn a lot from them.

-Dan