Latest version as of October 2018.
Application Details:
| Version: | VX.2.4 |
| License: | Free to use |
| URL: | http://www.pads.com/pads-vx |
| Votes: | 0 |
| Latest Rating: | Silver |
| Latest Wine Version Tested: | 4.0.2 |
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What works
The PCB and Logic viewers both run fine, open files, view them, etc.
What does not
Some warnings raised by setup.exe during install.
No shortcuts were created for the PADS logic or layout viewers, just the Mentor group (Batch Tool, Mentor Install and Mentor Uninstall).
Attempting to open the Tools -> Options menu (Ctrl-Enter) in the PCB viewer causes a fatal run-time error. No workaround known yet.
Workarounds
Pads PCB and logic viewer shortcuts were explicitly added to the Wine menu in KDE:
wine ~/.wine/drive_c/MentorGraphics/PADSVX.2.4Viewer/SDD_HOME/Programs/powerpcbviewer.exe
wine ~.wine/drive_c/MentorGraphics/PADSVX.2.4Viewer/SDD_HOME/Programs/powerlogicviewer.exe
What was not tested
Not all features have been fully tested.
Hardware tested
Graphics:
Additional Comments
The only problems were during installation and the missing start group for the PADS viewer. I have no idea why these didn't appear.
| Operating system | Test date | Wine version | Installs? | Runs? | Used Workaround? | Rating | Submitter | ||
| Show | Ubuntu 19.04 "Disco" amd64 (+ variants like Kubuntu) | Oct 03 2019 | 4.0.2 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Dan Christian | |
| Show | Devuan Ascii 2.0 | Feb 07 2019 | 4.0 | Yes | Yes | No | Silver | Roger Lucas | |
| Current | Devuan Jessie 1.0 | Oct 20 2018 | 3.0.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Silver | Roger Lucas |
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