At 03:51 PM 2/27/2002 -0500, Rob Bargo wrote: >Please excuse me if this is a stupid question. I am working on a design in >Protel 99SE that when complete needs delivered to the customer in Orcad >format. This would include the schematics, PCB and probably the libraries. >Is there any kind of translator available to do this? Any suggestions or >comments appreciated.
Many of us have worked on this problem from time to time. I don't know anyone who has truly solved it. A Protel schematic may be written out in OrCAD SDT format, which can be read by Capture. But the libraries must match: i.e., SDT.CFG must reference OrCAD libraries with the correct symbols. If you import all the symbols, no problem, but if you use new Protel symbols, they will be missing from the design. So the export problem reduces to the problem of translating Protel libraries to SDT library format. The Protel library format (at least the ASCII version, as I recall) is very similar to what one sees with a decompiled SDT library. Has anyone worked out the differences such that we can convert a Protel library to an SDT library? I was working on the problem for a client who dropped the job in the middle.... and other matters came up, so I've never nailed this one down. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
