Re: gEDA-user: translation standards (was: fritzing )

[Steve Meier <smeier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't think the standard is open. However I think it can be reversed
engineered. I have done a lot of it already. There are at least a couple
of third party translation programs that have already done it for the
commercial programs.

www.unisoft-cim.com/importers.htm
https://wiki.altium.com/display/ADOH/Moving+to+Altium+Designer+from+Pads
+Logic+and+PADS+Layout

The actual file format specification is included with the PADS
distribution in a pdf format.


On Wed, 2009-05-13 at 23:14 +0000, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> On Wed, 13 May 2009 14:12:52 -0700, Steve Meier wrote:
> 
> > I believe the electronics industry has already centered on the PADs
> > ASCII file format which has the netlist, components, foor print's,
> > layers, lines, vias etc.
> 
> Is this standard open in any way? 
> That is, can it be read without signing a NDA statement?
> 
> ---<(kaimartin)>---
> 
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