Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-16 Thread Colin Weber
Not to be misled by my email I actually work in Australia, as does the contractor who worked on this conversion. From memory the job was to bring Protel libraries and netlist from Protel hierarchical schematics into Mentor Expedition (formally Veribest) and place then route the design. The comp

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-16 Thread chris mackensen
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion Hi All, Thanks for all the responses. Colin what did your contractor charge for the conversion? Please let me know if the "back to Protel" conversion goes as well as the to Allegro conversion. Also RSI's web site says it handles Protel 2.8,V3 a

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-16 Thread Jim McGrath
Hi All, Thanks for all the responses. Colin what did your contractor charge for the conversion? Please let me know if the "back to Protel" conversion goes as well as the to Allegro conversion. Also RSI's web site says it handles Protel 2.8,V3 and V4 it's just hard to justify the price. Regards,

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-16 Thread Steve Fallon
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Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-15 Thread chris mackensen
lto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 6:07 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion I have used the extract command of Allegro and it works well. From memory, It has more options than just the text interface it present the user with. You can drive it without the in

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-15 Thread Bagotronix Tech Support
e safe from the pointy-haired boss! Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com - Original Message - From: "Colin Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 6:42 PM Subjec

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-15 Thread Colin Weber
nd other CAD program versions! > >Best regards, >Ivan Baggett >Bagotronix Inc. >website: www.bagotronix.com > > >----- Original Message - >From: "Colin Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: W

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-15 Thread Bagotronix Tech Support
her CAD program versions! Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com - Original Message - From: "Colin Weber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 5:41 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] A

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-15 Thread Colin Weber
I have used the extract command of Allegro and it works well. From memory, It has more options than just the text interface it present the user with. You can drive it without the interface. I found converting the data it presented (using AWK at the time) still took some time to do. The way libr

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-15 Thread Colin Weber
is message. Then delete this message from your > > system. Thank you. > > > > ----- Original Message - > > From: "Jim McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 1:3

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-15 Thread chris mackensen
nd then generates said output text file... 6) use router solutions inc. Allegro is super powerful while protel's UI is far superior and makes boards a joy -chris -Original Message- From: Jim McGrath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 5:47 PM To: Prot

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-15 Thread Jim McGrath
nk you. > > - Original Message - > From: "Jim McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 1:37 PM > Subject: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion > > > Hi All, > > > >

Re: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-15 Thread Bob Jones
elete this message from your system. Thank you. - Original Message - From: "Jim McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 1:37 PM Subject: [PEDA] Alegro Conversion > Hi All, > > I have a r

[PEDA] Alegro Conversion

2001-08-13 Thread Jim McGrath
Hi All, I have a request from a customer to take in their Alegro PCB files and modify/finish work that has been started in house. I am aware of Router Solutions but have been told it converts to 2.8. Does anybody have practical experience as to the completeness of the conversion and weaknesses/st