Welcome Steve,
Well you have ended up at the right spot, the best spot for Protel
support. We have lots of 'experts' worldwide that usually will supply answers
to your queries quite quickly.
These days it is usually best to mention what version of Protel
software you are using, there is a mix of people still using P99SE and others
using DXP. I am assuming your using 99SE at the moment, oops poor assumption,
just got to the very bottom of your message. Answers will probably be valid for
DXP as well though. If they aren't then someone else will point out the
difference.
Question 1: Yes there is. However, like all things there is no guarantee that
it will meet your needs precisely. It is found in the CAM generation, insert
TestPoint report. Hope it works suitably for your purpose. I have never used it.
Question 2: Don't use Viewmate but I have never seen this in either Camtastic,
GCPrevue nor Gerbtool. I would have to think it is a quirk of Viewmate. As far
as I have observed there is nothing about Protel's Gerber output of these
features which should make them appear as a composite output.
Good Luck.
Sincerely,
Brad Velander
Senior PCB Designer
Northern Airborne Technology
1925 Kirschner Rd.,
Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7.
tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225
fax (250) 762-3374
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Fenton
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 5:25 AM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: [PEDA] Gerber format & IPC netlist
Hi folks,
I'm relatively new to Protel after 10 years+ of PADS use. They're different,
and neither is perfect.
One of the good things about PADS is the ability to extract an IPC-D-356
netlist from the PCB file itself. This can be compared with an IPC file
generated from gerbers, and used to check the gerbers match the original
design. It's saved me from scrap boards more than once! To be fair, PADS
requires the running of a Visual Basic script. So, question 1... Is it
possible to generate an IPC netlist from the Protel PcbDoc file (i.e. not
from Camtastic).
Question 2 relates to Gerbers on layers with polygon pours. Any ideas how to
get around the composite layer format? Each gerber file opens as three
layers in ViewMate - one is the copper, one is the cut-outs, one is the text
& lines.
I'm running DXP SP2 build 8.2 on XP Pro SP2.
Cheers,
Steve
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