Hi Karen,
I can answer the Allegro question - you can't transfer to and from Allegro
directly. Allegro uses the anachronistic Unix way of doing things in
bits-and-pieces. There are multiple component library files with multiple
part files for component definitions, etc, etc.
There are ways of translating a finished PCB file, but they involve third
party translation software. RSI (
http://www.rsi-inc.com/Products/Translation/CADtoCAD/syssupport.html ) has
a translator, and it requires that the Allegro output be specially prepared
on the Allegro end to make the translation to Protel. You also lose PCB
detail going from Protel to Allegro using this software (split plane info,
polygons, etc).
No automatic schematic translation is available from anyone - as far as I
know. However, there are netlist translator software packages available,
and some companies make a living translating schematics from one system to
another.
Another thought for moving PCB files from one system to another involves
making CAM files. You can output and import Gerber and aperture files on
just about any system using either built-in capabilities or relatively
inexpensive software. With a netlist, Gerber files, and apertures, you
have the whole PCB no matter what EDA package you are using.
Regards - Harry
At 04:14 PM 3/1/01 -0700, you wrote:
>Hi Frank,
>
>Could you provide some insight on how to get Protel99SE files into Orcad?
>Also, does anyone know how to transfer files from Protel to Allegro and vise
>versa? I've been struggling with this for some time now with little
>success. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>
>Karen Sampson
>Hardware Development
>YottaYotta Inc.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frank Langlois [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 3:17 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list proteledausers
>Subject: [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Protel To Orcad- Problem Solved
>
>
> I've written several messages to the group about problems with
>translating files from Orcad 9.0 to Protel 99SE and then back into Orcad
>9.0. The problem that occurred when translating from Protel back to
>Orcad seems to have been caused by the Orcad file having been originally
>created in an earlier DOS version of Orcad and then re-edited in Orcad
>V9. Once we began working with files created in Orcad V9 the translation
>process has gone smoothly.
>
> Frank Langlois
>
>Project Development
>P.O. Box 5582
>Bend, OR 97708
>
>
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