On Nov 7, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Peter Clifton wrote: > > 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).
The PCAD pcb layout tool will let you save a design as either binary (the default) or an ASCII format similar to EDIF. I don't remember if the schematic capture tool can do the same (it's been a few years). -a _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user