On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:47 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks for the replies. I'm sure that geda/gaf will satisfy my needs in terms > of coming up with new designs - I'm looking at making small circuit boards for > 1-2 kW motor drive applications - nothing in RF or high speed - and I try to > keep them to 2 layers so that I can make cheap protos. That being said, the > feature comparison checklist is a nice marketing tool. > > I do have one specific question on capability - I have an existing designs > (schematics + layout) in PCAD and PADs formats. Is there a method which will > allow me to preserve some of this work?
I'm not aware of any, however can you check what the PCAD / PADS file look like when you open in a text editor? If it looks human readable, then send us some examples, and we'll see if we can help. Unfortunately, many of the packages seem to use binary only file-formats which are of course undocumented. Do either package export to any other formats beside their native? (If so, send a list, and it might give us some ideas for possible routes). Best wishes, -- Peter Clifton Electrical Engineering Division, Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, 9, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge CB3 0FA Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!) _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user