Dennis, Contact Dan McCarthy at Mentor Graphics (408) 451-5686 who now owns Pads.. he can put you in touch with someone there who can answer Your detailed questions if a Protel 99se ASCII file can be imported into Pads with out lose of data etc..
I know RSI might have one.. and there is always the Gerber in process I am sure Pads should be able to handle that if is such a great Cad product as they claim... Sam Cox -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dennis Saputelli Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:51 AM To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel > Pads Hi all this is sort of the reverse of the usual question i have potential job to develop a widget it will go through several spins, proto, pilot run, iterations w/ molded packaging, and then when done and stable there will be a hand off to the final customer for offshore production at that stage they want the design in PADs for maintenance and revs, they don't care about the preliminary stages so the questions is: is there a reasonable shot a converting from 99SE to the current PADs program? will there be a lot of clean up ? a day or so is probably reasonable don't really want to go to RSI unless abs. nec. Dennis Saputelli _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com Harry Selfridge wrote: > Hi Bill, > > When I was using 99SE regularly, I used a free cross reference utility > from Aspiring Technology that worked well - with that utility, you can > specify the font, location, style, etc. There is a User Guide available > from the download site. Take a look at: > www.aspiring-technology.com/website/prt_xrf.html > > Regards - Harry > > > At 11:19 AM 12/16/05, you wrote: > >> In 99SE I noticed the off sheet port references report utility which >> puts a >> string in along the port indicating where the signal goes in a multi >> sheet >> schematic places the text string on the right or left of the port with >> little regard to the type of port or it's placement in the schematic... >> sometimes it writes the string over wires, or busses, or other text... or >> parts too. >> >> Is there ANY control over this feature at all? It could be a useful >> tool if >> it really worked well. Anyone using the feature? >> >> >> Bill Brooks - KG6VVP >> PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+, C.I.I. >> Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 >> Datron World Communications, Inc. >> _______________________________________ >> San Diego Chapter of the IPC Designers Council >> Communications Officer, Web Manager >> http://dcchapters.ipc.org/SanDiego/ >> http://pcbwizards.com >> >> >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum >> >> To Post messages: >> mailto:[email protected] >> >> Unsubscribe and Other Options: >> http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com >> >> Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] >> >> Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[email protected] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
