| ID: | 5993 |
| From: | Derek <de...@q40.de> |
| Date: | Sun, 12 Mar 2023 09:22:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [pcb-rnd] P-CAD PCB Files |
| in-reply-to: | 5989 from Erich Heinzle <a1...@gmail.com> |
------8E1YWXAH9IUNI2LRDOHV3NUGMZ8QKX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Typo in the url should be: http://github=2Ecom/erichVK5 I have used translate2geda which worked really well=2E I will try it on my KiCad pcb file=2E The PCB file has been generated GerberViewer with all the Through holes as= VIAs, do I guess I convert all the holes to the correct size manually=2E O= r yry and manipulate the Netlist=2E Regards Derek On 11 March 2023 23:31:54 GMT, Erich Heinzle <a1039181@gmail=2Ecom> wrote: >It might be worth putting your gerber layer through translate2coraleda, a= t >http://githib=2Ecom/erichVK5, as the last time i played with gerbview exp= ort >in kicad, it struggled with flashed apertures, exporting only circles, >iirc, ignoring non round pad/pin shapes=2E > >It can export in lihata pcb-rnd format=2E > >Not sure if kicad has improved in that regard=2E > >Regards, > >Erich > >On Sat, 11 Mar 2023 21:13 Derek, <derek@q40=2Ede> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have an old PCB project for a 68060 computer board, I used to build >> and sell in 2002=2E >> >> 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 dat= a >> files=2E >> >> I needed to make some changes to the 4 layer PCB, so I loaded the Gerbe= r >> files into KiCad 5 Gerber Viewer and saved as a KiCad PCB file=2E >> >> I can load in the KiCad 5 PCB file into PCB-RND and everything looks to >> be as expected=2E >> >> 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=2E50 PCB system and have it running in >> Virtualbox, so can load up the Schematic editor and have tools to >> generate Netlists=2E The PCB editor is Security Dongle protected, so I >> doubt I can find a Dongle=2E >> >> 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 >> >> >> --- Regards, Derek ------8E1YWXAH9IUNI2LRDOHV3NUGMZ8QKX Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4=2E0 Transitional//EN"> <html><head><meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8" http-equiv=3D"Con= tent-Type"></head>Hi,<br><br>Typo in the url<br><br>should be: <a href=3D"h= ttp://github=2Ecom/erichVK5">http://github=2Ecom/erichVK5</a><br><br>I have= used translate2geda which worked really well=2E<br><br>I will try it on my= KiCad pcb file=2E<br><br>The PCB file has been generated GerberViewer with= all the Through holes as VIAs, do I guess I convert all the holes to the c= orrect size manually=2E Or yry and manipulate the Netlist=2E<br><br>Regards= <br>Derek<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On 11 March 2023 23:31:54 GMT, = Erich Heinzle <a1039181@gmail=2Ecom> wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail= _quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(20= 4, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div dir=3D"auto">It might be worth putting your gerber layer through tran= slate2coraleda, at <a href=3D"http://githib=2Ecom/erichVK5">http://githib= =2Ecom/erichVK5</a>, as the last time i played with gerbview export in kica= d, it struggled with flashed apertures, exporting only circles, iirc, ignor= ing non round pad/pin shapes=2E<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto= ">It can export in lihata pcb-rnd format=2E</div><div dir=3D"auto"><br></di= v><div dir=3D"auto">Not sure if kicad has improved in that regard=2E<br><di= v dir=3D"auto"><br></div><div dir=3D"auto">Regards,</div><div dir=3D"auto">= <br></div><div 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 Dere= k, <<a href=3D"mailto:derek@q40=2Ede" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferre= r">derek@q40=2Ede</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"= style=3D"margin:0 0 0 =2E8ex;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=2E<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 <= br> files=2E<br> <br> I needed to make some changes to the 4 layer PCB, so I loaded the Gerber <= br> files into KiCad 5 Gerber Viewer and saved as a KiCad PCB file=2E<br> <br> I can load in the KiCad 5 PCB file into PCB-RND and everything looks to <b= r> be as expected=2E<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<= br> <br> I found the old P-CAD v8=2E50 PCB system and have it running in <br> Virtualbox, so can load up the Schematic editor and have tools to <br> generate Netlists=2E The PCB editor is Security Dongle protected, so I <br= > doubt I can find a Dongle=2E<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> </blockquote></div><hr>Regards,<br>Derek</html> ------8E1YWXAH9IUNI2LRDOHV3NUGMZ8QKX--
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