| ID: | 5989 |
| From: | Erich Heinzle <a1...@gmail.com> |
| Date: | Sun, 12 Mar 2023 10:01:54 +1030 |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files |
| in-reply-to: | 5985 from Derek <de...@q40.de> |
| replies: | 5991 from Derek <de...@q40.de> , 5993 from Derek <de...@q40.de> |
--00000000000028827905f6a8499f Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" It might be worth putting your gerber layer through translate2coraleda, at http://githib.com/erichVK5, as the last time i played with gerbview export in kicad, it struggled with flashed apertures, exporting only circles, iirc, ignoring non round pad/pin shapes. It can export in lihata pcb-rnd format. Not sure if kicad has improved in that regard. Regards, Erich On Sat, 11 Mar 2023 21:13 Derek, <derek@q40.de> wrote: > Hi, > > I have an old PCB project for a 68060 computer board, I used to build > and sell in 2002. > > 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? > > Regards, > Derek > > > --00000000000028827905f6a8499f Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"auto">It might be worth putting your gerber layer through trans= late2coraleda, at <a href=3D"http://githib.com/erichVK5">http://githib.com/= erichVK5</a>, as the last time i played with gerbview export in kicad, it s= truggled with flashed apertures, exporting only circles, iirc, ignoring non= round pad/pin shapes.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">It can = export in lihata pcb-rnd format.</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir= =3D"auto">Not sure if kicad has improved in that regard.<br><div dir=3D"aut= o"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Regards,</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><d= iv dir=3D"auto">Erich</div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div = dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, 11 Mar 2023 21:13 Derek, <<a hr= ef=3D"mailto:derek@q40.de" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">derek@q40.d= e</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin= :0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br> <br> I have an old PCB project for a 68060 computer board, I used to build <br> and sell in 2002.<br> <br> In 2002, I only had Schematics in PDF format and the Gerber files in <br> RS-274-D format, which I have now converted to RS-274-X, with Drill data <b= r> files.<br> <br> I needed to make some changes to the 4 layer PCB, so I loaded the Gerber <b= r> files into KiCad 5 Gerber Viewer and saved as a KiCad PCB file.<br> <br> I can load in the KiCad 5 PCB file into PCB-RND and everything looks to <br= > be as expected.<br> <br> I could make the changes required but I have now been given the <br> Schematic and PCB source data files, which were created in P-CAD v7 or v8<b= r> <br> I found the old P-CAD v8.50 PCB system and have it running in <br> Virtualbox, so can load up the Schematic editor and have tools to <br> generate Netlists. The PCB editor is Security Dongle protected, so I <br> doubt I can find a Dongle.<br> <br> The P-CAD Netlist is saved as a binary file, but there are tools to <br> generate ASCII Netlists, can I import the P-CAD Netlist files into PCB-RND?= <br> <br> Regards,<br> Derek<br> <br> <br> </blockquote></div> --00000000000028827905f6a8499f--
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5989 Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files from Erich Heinzle <a1...@gmail.com>
5991 Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files from Derek <de...@q40.de>
5992 Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files from Erich Heinzle <a1...@gmail.com>
5993 Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files from Derek <de...@q40.de>