John, I'm still not as to the DXF into Schematic issue, don't recall having any response as to whether I am an isolated case or 2004 is quirky in this area. I recall it used to work fine in 99SE. The flaw in the PADS ASCII in is the same for 99SE and 2004, I won't allow the To/Bottom assembly layers from PADS to be mapped to any Mech layer in Protel, send everything right to Top Overlay.
Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: "John A. Ross [Design]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 7:05 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Recommendations please! -- DXP2004 - PADS - Expedition > -----Original Message----- > From: Leon Heller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 28 June 2004 07:15 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Recommendations please! -- DXP2004 - PADS > - Expedition > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Hausherr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 28, 2004 4:33 AM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Recommendations please! -- DXP2004 - PADS > - Expedition > > > John, > > > > It would be really great if Altium Protel & PCAD had a PADS V4 or V5 > import. > > > > Altium has been dragging this issue for 4 years when they > stopped working > on > > their PADS importer with V3.5. And there's all kinds of > quirks with that > > interface. > > Pulsonix import designs and libraries from PADS, Accel, > P-CAD, Cadstar, > OrCAD, Eagle, Ultiboard and Protel. > Leon Pulsonix does not support these bi-directionally. As such would only suit companies who handle their own designs on the same platform which negates the importers benefit if you need to supply the deign back in its native format. I was interested in the Pulsonix demo but never got time to run it, the chip utilities were of interest as they seemed to be better priced than the BGA option for Pads but. Protel seems to be standing still with respect to developing layout tools into this area (BGA,COB...) and additional importer support, but Protels Capture tools have came on very well indeed. As has been discovered by Joe, the Pads importer in DXP2004 does not work 100%, but the PCAD one seems to be OK and I am at a loss really to see why the import format to Protel needs to be < V3.5 format in the first place but that's what we have. Same old story, one tool never fits all :-) John GM1BSG * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
