Natalie- Zuken has 2 different PCB layout products. CadStar is the lowend version & CR5000 is the highend version. Similar to the way that Cadence has OrCad layout on the lowend & Allegro on the highend. I haven't looked at the specifics lately, but expect that you would need to use different translators & flows depending upon which of the two tools you are using. As others have already said, this type of translation is usually painful & lossy; since there is never a one to one mapping of data, constraints, etc between two different design tools. Good Luck! Thanks, Joe *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* Joe Morrison Past Chair, International Cadence Usergroup Manager, Engineering Automation Lockheed Martin, Systems Integration - Owego MD 0302 1801 State Route 17C Owego, NY 13827 607/751-7921 joe.morrison@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: Degennaro, Natalie N [mailto:natalie.n.degennaro@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 8:01 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Looking for Allegro (with constraints) tie in to Zuken. Can it be done with Specctra file? Hi Mitch, My understanding is that the software is Zuken-Redac not Cadstar. Aren't they two different pieces of software? We need back and forth capabilities of translation that includes back and forth transfer of electrical constraints. Natalie -----Original Message----- From: Mitch S. Morey [mailto:cadpro2k@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 4:40 PM To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: Looking for Allegro (with constraints) tie in to Zuken. Can it be done with Specctra file? Hi Natalie, I'm missing something. Are you going from Allegro to Zuken or visa-versa? If -to- Allegro, import already shows the capability to import Redac Cadstar version 7.6 Good day. > > Hi Everyone. > Just wondering if anyone out there has dealt with Allegro/Zuken > translations. Can this be done through a Specctra interface? Does anyone > know if Specctra ports to Zuken-Redac? > > Just curious. > Natalie DeGennaro ----------------------------------------- Stay ahead of the information curve. Receive PCB news and jobs on your desktop daily. Subscribe today to the PCB CafeNews newsletter. [ http://www10.pcbcafe.com/nl/newsletter_subscribe.php ] It's informative and essential. ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list please login at //www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list please login at //www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe/unsubscribe: Send a message to icu-pcb-forum-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with a subject of subscribe or unsubscribe To view the archives of this list please login at //www.freelists.org. Our list name is icu-pcb-forum or go to //www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/ Problems or Questions: Send an email to icu-pcb-forum-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Want to post a job listing ? DON'T DO IT HERE! Better yet, join our jobs listing forum. SUBSCRIBE: icu-jobs-forum-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxx POST: icu-jobs-forum@xxxxxxxxxx -----------------------------------------------------------