I don't think the standard is open. However I think it can be reversed engineered. I have done a lot of it already. There are at least a couple of third party translation programs that have already done it for the commercial programs.
www.unisoft-cim.com/importers.htm https://wiki.altium.com/display/ADOH/Moving+to+Altium+Designer+from+Pads +Logic+and+PADS+Layout The actual file format specification is included with the PADS distribution in a pdf format. On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 23:14 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote: > On Wed, 13 May 2009 14:12:52 -0700, Steve Meier wrote: > > > I believe the electronics industry has already centered on the PADs > > ASCII file format which has the netlist, components, foor print's, > > layers, lines, vias etc. > > Is this standard open in any way? > That is, can it be read without signing a NDA statement? > > ---<(kaimartin)>--- > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
