Hi folks, I'm relatively new to Protel after 10 years+ of PADS use. They're different, and neither is perfect.
One of the good things about PADS is the ability to extract an IPC-D-356 netlist from the PCB file itself. This can be compared with an IPC file generated from gerbers, and used to check the gerbers match the original design. It's saved me from scrap boards more than once! To be fair, PADS requires the running of a Visual Basic script. So, question 1... Is it possible to generate an IPC netlist from the Protel PcbDoc file (i.e. not from Camtastic). Question 2 relates to Gerbers on layers with polygon pours. Any ideas how to get around the composite layer format? Each gerber file opens as three layers in ViewMate - one is the copper, one is the cut-outs, one is the text & lines. I'm running DXP SP2 build 8.2 on XP Pro SP2. Cheers, Steve ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
