protel dxp help：Welcome to Protel DXP
Welcome to the world of Protel DXP – a complete 32- bit electronic design system for Windows NT/XP.
Protel DXP provides a completely integrated suite of design tools that lets you easily take your designs
from concept through to final board layout.
All Protel DXP tools run within a single application environment – the Design Explorer. Start Protel DXP
and the Design Explorer opens, putting all your design tools at your fingertips. You benefit from a
single, consistent, customizable user environment.
This tutorial is designed to give you an overview of how to create a schematic, update the design
information to a PCB and generate manufacturing output files. It also investigates the concept of
projects, integrated libraries and circuit simulation.
The Protel DXP Design Explorer
The Design Explorer is your interface to your designs and the design tools. To start Protel DXP and
open the Design Explorer, select Programs ? Altium ? Protel DXP from the Windows Start menu. When
you open Protel DXP, the most common initial tasks are displayed for easy selection.