{"id":3185,"date":"2020-08-26T13:34:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T17:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/?p=3185"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:33:53","slug":"7-things-to-consider-before-selecting-a-pcb-design-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/7-things-to-consider-before-selecting-a-pcb-design-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Things to Consider Before Selecting a PCB Design Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How big of a factor should price be when it comes to making a PCB tool purchase decision? Are all PCB design tool capabilities the same? How much can design tool limitations cost you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now may be a good time to delve deeper into questions such as these. <br>You might be surprised by some of the answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Price is only one factor to consider when making a PCB tool purchase decision. Choosing the wrong tool for your designs can cost you dearly in terms of time, profits, and even the health of your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/go.mentor.com\/5dWx4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">paper<\/span><\/strong> <\/a>discusses seven key design tool differentiators that you should consider when purchasing or replacing a PCB design tool or flow. Hopefully we can help you choose the right tools for your design environments and product markets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How big of a factor should price be when it comes to making a PCB tool purchase decision? Are all&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69878,"featured_media":3186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[103,1,107],"tags":[125,126,131],"industry":[71],"product":[253],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-resources","category-news","category-tips-tricks","tag-mendix","tag-mentor","tag-pcbflow","industry-electronics-semiconductors","product-pads-professional"],"featured_image_url":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2020\/08\/PCB-Challenges.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69878"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3185"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3324,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185\/revisions\/3324"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3185"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=3185"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=3185"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}