On Wed, 2011-03-23 at 15:19 -0600, John Doty wrote: > On Mar 23, 2011, at 3:09 PM, Hamid wrote: > > > I had a problem with the PCB manufactures, that they only accpet Protel > > PCB format. > > But, since I using from gEDA/PCB and don't like to use protel for > > creating my PCBs, and since searching the web no result for any > > converter beetween this formats, I wrote a python script that convert > > from gEDA/PCB file format to Protel Ascii file format. then I able to > > convert from Ascii file format to bin format in Protel and send this > > file too PCB manufactures! > > Why not just use "gnetlist -g protelII"? The "pcb" program is only one of the > many layout back ends gEDA supports.
He's doing layout with PCB, but for some reason his fab house wants only Protel files. IMO, time to get a new fab house - any worth giving the time of day to can deal with gerber files, although I hear ODB++ is increasingly popular amongst the "serious" fabs. -- 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!) Tel: +44 (0)1223 748328 - (Shared lab phone, ask for me)
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