As already mentioned, the current workaround should be to open the RAW
file with LTspice.
At [1], there is the statement:
"Regarding the error with LTSpice XVII, as Joshua Jones pointed out, the
error is due to the new version of LTspice using UTF16 encoding for .RAW
files."
The cause of the problem might be that Electric hasn't been updated to
read the new LTspice XVII RAW format. I don't know if there is an
option in LTspice XVII to output the old RAW format. You would likely
have to ask Linear Technology [2] if their LTspice XVII has a function
for outputting the old RAW format.
I remember that someone tried the -ascii RAW, but that didn't work [3].
I haven't heard if anyone has tried the -FastAccess [4].
Maybe, you could also try converting the RAW format with a program like
PSPad [5]. If you open the RAW file in PSPad, select Format in the menu
bar, there should be options to change the format for example from
UTF-16 to UTF-8. However, I don't know if the old RAW file format was
UTF-8 or something else.
[1]
https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/23394-fast-import-of-compressed-binary-raw-files-created-with-ltspice-circuit-simulator
[2] http://www.linear.com/contact/
[3] https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01201.html
[4]
http://ltwiki.org/LTspiceHelpXVII/LTspiceHelp/html/Command_Line_Switches.htm
[5] http://www.pspad.com/en/download.php
On 9/8/2017 7:45 PM, Sanjeev Gupta wrote:
you can see waveform in LTSPICE itself. why you want to bring back in
Electric?
On Sat, Sep 9, 2017 at 3:03 AM, Steven Andryzcik
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hello,
New user to Electric. I am currently trying to view plotted data
from LTspice in Electric. I have set up a simple inverter circuit
to test the process. I am able to send the spice commands to
LTspice and view the waveform generated (for both input and
output, where I have placed my probes on the schematic):
>>>>>C:\Users\DryzB\Desktop\Electric\Simulation
Files\InverterTest.spi written
>>>>>Running spice command:
C:\PROGRA~1\LTC\LTspiceXVII\XVIIx64.exe -l InverterTest.spi -r
InverterTest.raw -o InverterTest.out
However, once I read the .raw file back into Electric, I get the
following error:
>>>>>Reading Spice3/NGSpice/LTSpice/SmartSpice raw output file:
/C:/Users/DryzB/Desktop/Electric/testLib/InverterTest.raw
>>>>>ERROR: No simulation data found: waveform window not shown
Any help you all can provide would be greatly appreciated. If any
more information would make this easier to answer, just let me know.
-Steve
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