Hey, Abdul:
Does that eCapture program convert old Orcad SDT-III files up to v9? If so,
that's exactly what I need. I have a bunch of legacy schematics from ye
olde tyme days of DOS that need to be converted to Protel 99SE. Can you
send me the link to the site where I can download it? Thanks.
Best regards,
Ivan Baggett
Bagotronix Inc.
website: www.bagotronix.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Abd ul-Rahman Lomax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 1:58 AM
Subject: [PEDA] Access to symbol library courtesy Cadence/OrCAD
> At 11:31 PM 6/6/01 -0400, Phillip Stevens wrote:
>
> >http://www.spincircuit.com/about/solution.html
>
> I found the eCapture program offered freely at this site quite
interesting.
> So I downloaded the application; took a few hours with my dial-up modem.
>
> It appears to be a full-function version of OrCAD Capture v9.
>
> I used it to load an old OrCAD v.7 schematic I had lying about. Worked
> fine, translating it to v. 9.
>
> I then wrote the file and imported it to Protel. The import appears to
have
> worked perfectly.
>
> To start up eCapture, one must log in to the Spincircuit site. This means
> they could decide to revoke the usage privilege or to charge for it. But
my
> guess is that they are not going to do that. They get your email address
> when you register; we'll see what I get from this.
>
> But here is the truly interesting thing: part of the eCapture system is
> what they call ActivePart. They have a huge database of parts with
assigned
> symbols which one can search and access. Since these symbols are
> translatable into Protel, this is a source of parts for us that may not
> have been prepared yet by Protel. The mfr. list was truly impressive, and
> they have a procedure for requesting new parts (you have to provide a URL
> with part data).
>
> Fly in the ointment: the Javascript used in the search engine crashed
every
> time I tried to use it. I've informed them, we'll see how they respond.
>
> At last, the right price for an OrCAD product.... :-) Actually, for Layout
> that would be too expensive....
>
> A couple of years ago I thought that a free CAD application similar to
this
> would be a great way to attract new users; I may have discussed this on
> this list. Instead of having the demo expire, have it convert to a rental
> application; at least the demo should become a viewer. Since I know that
> Cadence was watching this list, maybe....
>
> on the other hand, there are others on the planet with a brain.
>
> OrCAD now provides a lite version free. I've found it quite useful for
> converting older OrCAD PCB and Layout files into version 9 so that I could
> import them into Protel. It won't edit and save the files if they are
> large, but it converts them and saves translated files as v. 9 before it
> refuses to go further....
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Abdulrahman Lomax
> P.O. Box 690
> El Verano, CA 95433
>
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