Tony Karavidas wrote: > >No, PDF is a completely foreign file format. I don't imagine ANY EDA tool > >reads PDF files and makes use of the 'information within.
PADs had a neat addon reader to read pdf data directly for creating dies. I saw it at a workshop several years ago. it was pretty neat Mike Reagan > -----Original Message----- > From: Abd ulRahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 1:28 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Acrobat Reader to Protel sw > > > At 08:57 AM 5/1/2002 -0700, Tony Karavidas wrote: > >No, PDF is a completely foreign file format. I don't imagine ANY EDA tool > >reads PDF files and makes use of the 'information within. > > Right. However, there may be a path to get some data in. Protel > will import > DXF, and there are, I understand, some utilities that will convert > bitmapped files as well as other formats to DXF. > > There will be scaling issues, and component and information will > not be in > the file, one may need to restore it. > > The problem is similar to converting gerber to PCB, only more complex > because of scaling and because both gerber and Protel are vector-based. I > don't know about PDF. > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
