| ID: | 5986 |
| From: | rn...@igor2.repo.hu |
| Date: | Sat, 11 Mar 2023 12:11:25 +0100 (CET) |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files |
| in-reply-to: | 5985 from Derek <de...@q40.de> |
| replies: | 5987 from Derek <de...@q40.de> |
Hi Derek, On Sat, 11 Mar 2023, Derek wrote: > Hi, > > I have an old PCB project for a 68060 computer board, I used to build and sell > in 2002. Nice! > In 2002, I only had Schematics in PDF format and the Gerber files in RS-274-D > format, which I have now converted to RS-274-X, with Drill data files. > > I needed to make some changes to the 4 layer PCB, so I loaded the Gerber files > into KiCad 5 Gerber Viewer and saved as a KiCad PCB file. > > I can load in the KiCad 5 PCB file into PCB-RND and everything looks to be as > expected. > > I could make the changes required but I have now been given the Schematic and > PCB source data files, which were created in P-CAD v7 or v8 > > I found the old P-CAD v8.50 PCB system and have it running in Virtualbox, so > can load up the Schematic editor and have tools to generate Netlists. The PCB > editor is Security Dongle protected, so I doubt I can find a Dongle. > > The P-CAD Netlist is saved as a binary file, but there are tools to generate > ASCII Netlists, can I import the P-CAD Netlist files into PCB-RND? Please send me a P-CAD Netlist, both in binary and ASCII if possible. Doesn't have to be any production board, can be something real simple, like a connector-resistor-led. Once I have the files I can take a look and tell if we can already load them. Writing a plugin for loading netlist files for pcb-rnd is cheap, so if we don't yet support your file format and you are willing to test, I can write the plugin. Also, do you have a lot of boards done in P-CAD or only this one? Best regards, Igor2
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5986 Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files from rn...@igor2.repo.hu
5987 Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files from Derek <de...@q40.de>
5988 Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files from rn...@igor2.repo.hu