Terry, Phillip Restall - [EMAIL PROTECTED] is a programmer but does not know of an easy way to "Batch Move" the silkscreen data to the correct layer.
Here is the situation: The IPC-7351 library has a silkscreen outline and an assembly outline. They are two totally different outlines. The silkscreen is a fake outline and does not represent the 1:1 scale component body. It represents the component, but does not touch any pads or exposed copper. The Assembly Drawing outline is an exact replica of the physical component and it may run right over pads because it's just a drawing. When we converted 9,000 library parts from PADS to Protel everything went smooth except the translator merged the Assembly Outline and the Silkscreen outline to the same layer in Protel. That was the stock PADS to Protel translator provided by Altium. Now we have to manually edit each library part to separate the two distinct outlines. We can easily write programs that make global edits but we cannot think our way out of this problem. Help! Tom Tom Hausherr PCB Libraries CEO, Director of Technology 858.592.4826 Phone 847.745.0450 Fax E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.PCBLibraries.com & http://www.PCBYellowPages.com -----Original Message----- From: Terry Creer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 3:55 PM To: 'Protel EDA Forum' Subject: Re: [PEDA] We Need Your Help! Tom and All, Surely there's someway of manipulating the library files in a text editor or similar to make the translation of the overlay easier? Replace All in Notepad? There's plenty of text editors/hackers etc around or maybe someone can code something (I'm no programmer at the best of times) to batch convert/modify the silkscreen to the correct layer? Just an idea to boot around... TC -----Original Message----- From: Tom Hausherr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 30 June 2004 1:06 AM To: Protel Listsrv Cc: Protel Listsrv Subject: [PEDA] We Need Your Help! This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0033_01C45DB4.12C62B10 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_0034_01C45DB4.12C62B10" ------=_NextPart_001_0034_01C45DB4.12C62B10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Protel Users, We created the original IPC-7351 library in PADS-PowerPCB and are in the process of translating it to Protel DXP and PCAD. We are also creating the Expedition, Board Station, Zuken, Intercept - Pantheon, Electronics Workbench, Allegro and OrCAD versions with other developers and volunteers. We will be offering all the completed libraries in the www.PCBLibraries.com <http://www.pcblibraries.com/> download center for free. The entire library is translated to Protel, but the Silkscreen Outlines are on the wrong layer and we need to move it to the correct layer. So far we were able to complete all the BGA's. There about 9,000 parts (and growing) and we need help. If you can help with our effort, we'll have the Protel Library up sooner. Phillip Restall in England is our VP of Product Development. Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will send out one component family per person. The IPC-7351 is a 3-Tier library system so there are three groups of every family. Together we can create a "One World Library" that is proven technology and eliminate duplication of effort, reduce error rate and increase our productivity. Here are the Protel libraries we are creating: SML7351 - Surface Mount Least IPC-7351 - 620 parts SMN7351 - Surface Mount Nominal IPC-7351 - 1003 parts SMM7351 - Surface Mount Most IPC-7351 - 620 parts SMN_MFR - Surface Mount Manufacturing Specific - 262 parts TH - Through-hole - 480 parts AMP - Amp connectors - 388 parts MOLEX - Molex Connectors - 4,547 parts SAMTEC - SAMTEC Connectors - 555 parts BERG - Berg Connectors - 31 parts JST - JST Connectors - 40 parts CUI-STACK - CUI-Stack Connectors - 26 parts HIROSE - Hirose Connectors - 24 parts CONNECTORS - Miscellaneous Connectors - 278 parts SWITCHCRAFT - Switchcraft Connectors - 18 parts KYCON - Kycon Connectors - 21 parts Thank You so much for your help, Tom Tom Hausherr PCB Libraries CEO, Director of Technology 858.592.4826 Phone 847.745.0450 Fax E-Mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]@PCBLibraries.com> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.PCBLibraries.com <http://www.pcblibraries.com/> & http://www.PCBYellowPages.com <http://www.pcbyellowpages.com/> <http://www.pcblibraries.com/> <http://www.pcbyellowpages.com/> PCB <http://www.pcblibraries.com/> Libraries partnered with industry leaders to provide this must-have online resource. 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