{"id":3764,"date":"2015-01-23T11:39:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-23T18:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/jimmartens\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:23:27","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:23:27","slug":"now-available-unlimited-connections-with-designer-premium-editions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/2015\/01\/23\/now-available-unlimited-connections-with-designer-premium-editions\/","title":{"rendered":"Now Available &#8211; Unlimited connections with Designer premium editions!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Designer premium editions with unlimited connections are now available on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digikey.com\/product-highlights\/us\/en\/mentor-graphics-designer-software\/4171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DigiKey.com!<\/a> Thats right!, our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edn.com\/electronics-products\/other\/4430466\/Mentor-surprises-with--299-EDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EDN 2014 &#8220;Hot 100&#8221; award winning Designer<\/a> professional design tools, based on xDX Designer and PADS Layout for engineers are now offered in both <strong>1500<\/strong> and <strong>unlimited connection<\/strong> editions.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edn.com\/electronics-products\/other\/4430466\/Mentor-surprises-with--299-EDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-3546 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2014\/12\/Top100_Designer-520x249.png\" alt=\"Top100_Designer\" width=\"520\" height=\"249\" \/><\/a> Designer products seamlessly integrate with <a href=\"https:\/\/partquest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PartQuest<\/a>, a new component research engine tied directly to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digikey.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digi-Key\u2019s<\/a> website of over 4 million parts. <a href=\"https:\/\/partquest.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PartQuest<\/a> allows engineers to parametrically search for parts to use in their designs. <strong>Over 350K Digi-Key parts have EDA data with them \u2013 the schematic symbol and PCB footprint, which will be downloaded directly into the Designer Schematic and Designer Layout libraries for immediate use to speed up design starts.<\/strong> PartQuest will also provide access to reference designs for download and use.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digikey.com\/product-highlights\/us\/en\/mentor-graphics-designer-software\/4171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Designer products<\/a> visit the product page on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digikey.com\/product-highlights\/us\/en\/mentor-graphics-designer-software\/4171\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digi-Key.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n<p>John<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Designer premium editions with unlimited connections are now available on DigiKey.com! 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