Converting Orcad/Allegro files to Altium is pretty easy if you can get the Allegro files in ascii format. There are several issues you have to clean up, especially the copper pour areas which I advise to delete and just recreate these areas. Some of the components included some artifacts which need fixing. The universal database that links Schematic and PCB layout will have some inconsistencies and these need to be resolved.
I converted the original BBB files which took me a few days to complete. My advise is generate Gerber files after the final conversion and compare those to the original Gerber files to ensure you haven’t made any mistakes in the conversion. Regards, John > On Mar 7, 2017, at 11:13 AM, jam...@cladnetwork.com wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am the lead electrical engineer for a small company based in New York > State. We have been using both the Beaglebone Green and Beaglebone Black > internally for hardware development purposes for the past couple of months > for an upcoming product. We are early in the process of transitioning to a > production-grade single board hardware design for said product. > > I am looking for CAD files for the Beaglebone Green to use as a starting > point in the board design process. Can anyone here point me towards for > provide me with Altium Designer files for the BeagleBone Green? We do not use > Cadence Allegro to design our boards, and have no way of converting the > available OrCAD/Allegro CAD files to an Altium Designer compatible format. > > I would much rather not have to redesign a complicated & nontrivial board > layout for an open-source hardware product such as this, especially given > that the open-source nature of BeagleBone was the most motivating factor in > choosing as a development and prototyping tool. > > Note that we are not modifying any part of the BeagleBone Green's design > (except removing the 2X23 female headers and grove sockets). We are using it > as a base and adding additional functionality via peripheral components that > are integrated on the same board. > > Thank you for any help that you can provide. > > I look forward to hearing back, > James > > *Disclaimer: I fully understand that these files would come as is, with no > warranty or guarantee of suitability or merchantability for any purpose. > > **There is a separate thread for BeagleBone Black revC related responses. > > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > <http://beagleboard.org/discuss> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/d586a995-398d-4de8-ad07-a2e9b880b393%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/d586a995-398d-4de8-ad07-a2e9b880b393%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/3FD8C9DA-768A-461A-98A7-C95F81F2A89C%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
