Thanks, I will look into that. Problem with a parser is you need somewhere to put the data. Some vendors of translation products have their own format but that is just another level of conversion.
EDIF is just an exchange syntax, you still need to understand each and every format. I have been looking at higher level structures where schematic symbol, routing and decal pin assignment and purchasing info can all be stored. Plus it needs to be in a structure which is easily searched and synchronized over the web. The only useful approach I see is to read am EDIF and immediately populate this higher level structure. I pretty much have that for PCB Decal and purchasing info. I now need the schematic side of things. Anyone interested can contact me off line. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bob -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Frank Bennett Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 10:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [kicad-users] Re: Orcad EDIF to KICAD --- In [email protected], "Robert Kondner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I put a schematic with its EDIF output. > > http://www.kondner.com/files/ps10.zip There usetobe, might still be there, in the gEDA distribution source code, and doc, an EDIF to Sue converter: gEDA/mmi_pd_040526/edif2sue1.2.12 I think I even saw the Sue schematic editor source in the public domain somewhere.... I started an EDIF parser once but I lost interest, an example file might be good enough to get started. I found you can usually get pretty close without a spec. Instead of dealing with EDIF you might consider a netlist translator from OrCad to KiCAD like the one I just submitted for PCB123 to KiCad: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1794790&group_id=14 5591&atid=762479 Most Netlists are human readable, ASCII with a simple syntax. One good feature of KiCad is it's open source and the whole database is ASCII which make the KiCad end of any translation easier. cheers, Frank Bennett > > > I have a copy of the spec, yes that is what I paid. Come on, what is a > month of your time worth? That's cheap :-) > > If you can do this I will help pay for it and your time. Contact me at: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You might want to look at www.aapcb.com. I wrote all their internal code > and I licensed it to them. I want to do for SCH to PCB what I did for PCB to > Assembly. I like the idea of KiCAD but the required features and library > structures does not make it possible to use KiCAD. > > Do you use Delphi? > > Thanks, > Bob Kondner > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Bob_xyz > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 6:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [kicad-users] Re: Orcad .OLB to KICAD > > --- In [email protected], "Robert Kondner" <rkondner@> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > For a sample EDIF export an OrCAD schematic or library. > > > > Unfortunately, I have no access to a system running OrCAD. > > > > You will need the EDIF 2.0.0 documents they cost a couple hundred > >dollars. > > > > I just found the spec - OUCH, it's US$372. That's a bit more than I > was planning to spend on this effort. I'll have to see if I can get > access to a copy without buying one. > > With a few example files, though, it should be possible to figure out > the basics from the files themselves. The descriptions and examples > that I've seen indicate that EDIF is a fairly straightforward format. > > If noone in this group is able to post a few EDIF files, I'll try to > get someone over on the OrCADexchange Yahoo group to post some. > > > > If you really want to do this keep in touch, I have plans on > >doing the > > same at some point in the near future. > > > > Will do. > > > Regards, Bob > > > > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel > Yahoo! Groups Links > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel Yahoo! Groups Links
