| ID: | 5987 |
| From: | Derek <de...@q40.de> |
| Date: | Sat, 11 Mar 2023 12:55:24 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files |
| in-reply-to: | 5986 from rn...@igor2.repo.hu |
| replies: | 5988 from rn...@igor2.repo.hu |
Hi Igor2, There is only one PCB design, this maybe a one off job. I asked on EEVBLOG forum about software to import, but just got pointed to the Altium Designer import wizard system, which I already tried and it failed. Probably needs Altium 2002. But this is a commerical product, so I can not use it. The Design package has binary Netlists, but there is a P-CAD application to convert to ASCII, which does seem to work. I will email you the Binary and ASCII Netlist fpr one layer of the PCB. Regards, Derek On 11/03/2023 11:11, rnd2@igor2.repo.hu wrote: > 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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