[kicad-users] Re: Orcad to Kicad (again)

2009-02-05 Thread yajeed2000
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Doug dsc3...@... wrote:

 I realize this has been discussed at length before but in my searches
 I am not sure how resolved it is. Can someone tell me the steps to
 convert Orcad libs and sheets to Kicad? Is this in a FAQ? I know there
 are utils in the files section but I have been unsuccessful in using
 them. Mostly because I did not have the additional files required in
 the process - decomp, etc. Are these files part of the Orcad dist?
 
 I have an old Orcad install floating around somewhere. I suspect I
 need to install that, decompile the libs to src, then being them into
 Kicad somehow. I am not sure how the actual schematic sheets would work.
 
 Any help would be appreciated.

Hi,
Try following the instructions in this post

http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-users/message/3202

Also do a search of the group for similar topics.

David.



Re: [kicad-users] Re: Orcad to Kicad (again)

2009-02-05 Thread Mr Doug -
I have been searching but I am not finding a lot of good info on this. Most of 
the stuff out there expects you to 1. know the tasks and 2. have the conversion 
files. My problem is also that I have a mix of Orcad version files.. Some of my 
files are 6.x and some 9.x  Orcad had a bad habit of versioning up and not 
directly supporting prior versions. You had to recompile everything. I am able 
to view the 9.x designs with a demo pspice product I found on the web but I 
have not found a way to view the 6.x files. I do not have any of the original 
disks anymore. So my only hope is to find a way to convert them. So I ask 
again, if anyone has any ideas, or a direction to go in, please let me know.

Doug 

--- On Thu, 2/5/09, yajeed2000 da...@djsbriscoe.vispa.com wrote:
From: yajeed2000 da...@djsbriscoe.vispa.com
Subject: [kicad-users] Re: Orcad to Kicad (again)
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2009, 11:34 AM












--- In kicad-users@ yahoogroups. com, Doug dsc3...@...  wrote:



 I realize this has been discussed at length before but in my searches

 I am not sure how resolved it is. Can someone tell me the steps to

 convert Orcad libs and sheets to Kicad? Is this in a FAQ? I know there

 are utils in the files section but I have been unsuccessful in using

 them. Mostly because I did not have the additional files required in

 the process - decomp, etc. Are these files part of the Orcad dist?

 

 I have an old Orcad install floating around somewhere. I suspect I

 need to install that, decompile the libs to src, then being them into

 Kicad somehow. I am not sure how the actual schematic sheets would work.

 

 Any help would be appreciated.



Hi,

Try following the instructions in this post



http://tech. groups.yahoo. com/group/ kicad-users/ message/3202



Also do a search of the group for similar topics.



David.