Hi all! Is there any chance to convert schematics, pcb-layouts and if necessary the libraries from the old 32bit orcad386 to a newer program like Protel99SE and/or PADS Flow? I own all these programs, and want to update my old orcad schematics and layouts. It would be very nice if anyone knew an answer! I did very much research, but i couldn't find any useful information. Thank you in advance and best regards, Walter
Walter wrote: > Is there any chance to convert schematics, pcb-layouts and if necessary > the libraries from the old 32bit orcad386 to a newer program like > Protel99SE Some time ago i have written a software to convert Cadstar PCB to Protel99. But: 1. Protel99 is also totally out of date, as the name implies. 2. My software could convert basic cadstar pcb data, not more, but also this is a very complex software, and although it is strictly object oriented a migration to orcad or anything else would be very expensive. 3. I did not write a similar software for schematics. I suppose such a software is even more complex. Altium itself has written import software for variuos formats, but i did test it and found it totally unusable. The result is so incomplete that you need nearly the same time to correct it as you would need for a new design. There are some commercial companies for conversion software or conversion on a contract basis, but generally spoken then conversion of different CAD formats is a unsolved problem. sy Reinhard
Hi Reinhard! I know that protel99 is out of date, but i have to do the conversion to any newer programm as OrCad DOS (386), because that is much more out of date. I want to Open the Schematics on windows without Problems and also in the future. Does anyone knows where i get OrCad 9.2? I just read, that i can convert the old OrCad DOS format to a newer one, and this one can be read by protel99. Thanks for your help reinhard! Its very appreciated! Best regards, Walter
Hi all! i managed to convert all my schematics, pcb-layouts and libraries to protel99SE, OrCad 9.2, Altium Manager and Pads-Flow. But now i have a final problem. I need to convert my schematics to pads flow that another person can work with it, and then i have to convert it back FROM PADS FLOW TO ALTIUM/PROTEL/ORCAD. Does anyone of you know whether this is possible? It would help me very much! Thanks for your help, mates. Best regards, Walter