the short answer is no (esp re schem)
i spent quite a bit of time on it, talked w/ protel, searched for
translators, considered the method below (not practical)
then i gave up bought orcad and re-drew the bloody thing
did i mention re-creating many of the parts too?
can you tell i am more than a bit miffed about this?
what does it say about protel schematic that nobody wrote a translator?
there are just about every other kind of xxx schem to orcad translator
out there
i can't speak about the PCB issue as i wasn't looking for that
Dennis Saputelli
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
>
> 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
>
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