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Cadence Allegro UI 17.2 "productivity decrease" vs 16.6

Hi guys, there are some nice features in Allegro/Orcad 17.2 vs 16.6 but OMG the user interface is like "Killing me" in 17.2.

Couple of examples:

In 16.6 the "Visibility, Options & Find" windows collapse nicely on the right hand side of the screen. Hovering over these menus in 16.6 allows them to pop out. That's kind of neat in that allows fast access to those menus without a click. Simple hover make a change done, works good.

In 17.2 those menus require a click to invoke them and collapse them. No mouse hover invokes them sliding out. Does anyone know what prompted the change in this lack of functionality vs the prior version ?

In 17.2 there is some high strangeness with the options panel popping out. For example if I click on the grid to toggle it on and off, Bam out pops the options panel. If I click on the add a connect, place a cline then select done again the options panel pops out. If I click the constraint manager to invoke it yep you guessed it the options panel pops out yet again. It has become really annoying. I'm sure there are more
than what I have just mentioned.

In 17.2 the Constraint manager is more difficult to navigate. The right hand pane where you set the constraints is not logical. In 16.6 they have tabs at the bottom so you can easily see it your setting spacing rules such as Line-To, Shape to etc. 

Can anyone offer any insight, in particular with respect to that "Options Panel popping out" , Does it do the same thing on your end if it is collapsed ?,  It would be great to restore former functionality to 16.6 via a user setting switch in 17.2

I am running 17.2 s038 latest cut on win 10 but due to the annoyances mainly use 16.6 on win server.

Thanks

Paul.

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