As you can freely download *.pdf PCB projects from magasines' webs, is
there any possibility to import them into Protel, in order to output as
Gerber or HPGL and Excellon or NC. Or (dream?) to modify them?
Cristian
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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,
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.
PDF is basically encapsulated binary Postscript with some extensions so it
contains vectors bitmaps and scalable fonts.
Mike Reagan
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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
