Re: gEDA-user: MUCS-PCB

[Andrew Bardsley <bardslea@cs.man.ac.uk>]

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Charles Lepple wrote:

> Just wondering if anyone out there has used MUCS-PCB for any recent 
> designs, and what (if any) conversion scripts exist to convert between 
> gschem and pcb.
> 
> I downloaded it, tried some examples, and after burning a bunch of CPU 
> cycles, I realized that I don't have the proper filters to convert plot 
> files into something viewable. Thoughts? I figured that Solaris might 
> still have some plot filters hiding in the attic, but I couldn't find 
> anything that looked applicable on the machines that I have access to.

If you're after something to comprehend plot files just so you can get 
an impression of MUCS_PCB output, then try GNU plotutils.  The package
isn't commonly bundled with distributions (as plot is a bit long in the
tooth) but is available from any GNU archive.

> If things look promising, I may start hacking on the source, in which case 
> this thread should probably move to geda-dev.

Glad you're enjoying it.  I'd be very interested to hear any of the
responses you get to this enquiry from others.

- Andrew
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