--- In [email protected], "tpetersen74" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Currently we use Mentor Design Architect as schematic tool and Mentor > Board Station for layout. > An additional Board Station licence is expensive, and I want to > evaluate Kicad for layout of simple boards i.e. 2 / 4 layers > prototypes or the like. > To keep a link to our existing component library and part number > system I want to continue to use Design Architect as schematic tool > and import the netlist to Kicad. > How do I do that? > > Regards > Torben Petersen >
Hi Torben, PCBNew, the kicad PCB design tool, accepts Netlist files with the EESchema or ORCAD PCB 2 formats. So, if you can export from Mentor Design Architect in Orcad PCB 2, you can try that solution. Remy.
