Thanks for the quick response. I will let you know how it goes. I have 13 years of schematics to convert.
Kip On Mon, 2008-09-29 at 19:19 -0400, Mike Jarabek wrote: > Kipton Moravec wrote: > > "Program name: convert_sym > > Written by: Mike Jarabek > > convert_sym takes ViewLogic Viewdraw schematic or symbol and outputs a > > gschem compatible file. This utility should be considered a work in > > progress. Be warned, this program has quite a few limitations. See the > > README file in the utils/ directory for more info. This program is > > written in C. There is also an awk version which is old and no longer > > supported, however it is included in the distribution as reference." > > > The old Awk script was replaced with a C program some time ago, as you > found out: > > <SNIP> > > There is only one file with the string convert_sym and that is the > > executable file. > > > That's the right file. > > You can use this program on the Viewdraw schematics, and all symbol > files, running it should give a brief command line synopsis. When you > set up your geda project, I would recommend putting the schematics in > one directory, and the symbols in another. Follow one of the tutorials > to configure the geda config files for your project to look in the > symbol directory for your converted symbols, and look for the schematics > in the schematic directory you created. It's probably good to use the > 'reset-component-library' command to flush the built in list of library > searches in case one of your Viewdraw symbol names clash with one of the > shipped symbol names. (Look on the wiki at > http://geda.seul.org/wiki/geda:faq-gschem under Gschem > configuration/customization for information on the configuration files. > You will only need a few lines in each to accomplish what you need. If > you set up your various conversion projects similarly, you can probably > copy the config files from one project to another.) > > There is another utility included with the geda distribution called > 'smash_megafile', which will break one of the Viewlogic '.lib' library > files apart into the individual symbol files. You may need to do this > on one or more Megafiles if you have used any of the stock components. > Do this in a separate directory, as unpacking one of these can create > many small symbol files. You will have to look at the gschem output log > to see which files should be copied into your symbol directory. > > The process is somewhat manual, but can get the job done with some patience. > > Note that not all the Viewdraw attributes map into geda equivalents, so > you may have to use gattrib on the resulting schematic to pound them > into shape if you are planning to go to layout with PCB. > > It's been quite a while since I have played with these utilities, so > please let us know how things work out. > > I do not know how to find the README. Can someone give me the full path > > to the README for convert_sym? > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > -- Kipton Moravec AE5IB "Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest." --Mark Twain _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user