Re: gEDA-user: gEDA/gaf capabilities

[Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Nov 7, 2007, at 12:56 PM, Peter Clifton wrote:

>
> On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 13:47 -0500, eswint@xxxxxx wrote:
>> Thanks for the replies.  I'm sure that geda/gaf will satisfy my  
>> needs in terms
>> of coming up with new designs - I'm looking at making small circuit  
>> boards for
>> 1-2 kW motor drive applications - nothing in RF or high speed - and  
>> I try to
>> keep them to 2 layers so that I can make cheap protos.  That being  
>> said, the
>> feature comparison checklist is a nice marketing tool.
>>
>> I do have one specific question on capability - I have an existing  
>> designs
>> (schematics + layout) in PCAD and PADs formats.  Is there a method  
>> which will
>> allow me to preserve some of this work?
>
> I'm not aware of any, however can you check what the PCAD / PADS file
> look like when you open in a text editor?
>
> If it looks human readable, then send us some examples, and we'll  
> see if
> we can help. Unfortunately, many of the packages seem to use binary  
> only
> file-formats which are of course undocumented.
>
> Do either package export to any other formats beside their native? (If
> so, send a list, and it might give us some ideas for possible routes).

The PCAD pcb layout tool will let you save a design as either binary  
(the default) or an ASCII format similar to EDIF. I don't remember if  
the schematic capture tool can do the same (it's been a few years).

-a


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