Thank you. . . Other than sending the OrCad Gerbers to Protel, is there a way to convert the Gerbers to a Protel-importable format?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 6:22 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Orcad PCB import? > > At 09:46 AM 3/28/2002 -0500, harmon, brian wrote: > >Lloyd, > > > > I just spent about a week trying to import an Orcad (*.Max) file > to > >Protel. When I imported it with File>>Import (*.Max), I got all of my > nets, > >but the copper was not brought in. > > What version???!!! Protel imports Layout 9, as I recall. It may or may not > > import earlier versions. > > > I contacted Protel's Tech support, and I > >ended up sending them an email with two attachments; a word document with > >PrintScreen shots of what I was doing, and a copy of the (*.Max) file in > >question. It has been over a week since I sent that email, and I've only > >heard more and more bad news from Protel. The "official" word as of right > >now is that I will be stuck re routing the traces myself. > > If you can get the gerbers from the original file, it shouldn't be so bad. > > The problem reduces to properly massaging the gerbers to get them to > import > into Protel. We can usually solve that problem. (Imported gerber draws > become Protel track, and if you copy all that track onto the PCB in the > right position, you will have recovered all your routing. The pads can be > removed except for vias, a small complication....) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
