[PCB_FORUM] Re: Viewdraw to Allegro
- From: "Austin Franklin" <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 12:10:54 -0500
Hi Tony,
> You can write a routine to format the regular Viewdraw netlist to an
> Allegro format or you can manually format it.
I currently use a home brew program that converts the PADS netlist into an
Allegro netlist.
> The second part of the problem comes from not having device files but
> you can get around this also by creating the device files from your
> Allegro symbols.
Exactly what I have done.
> If you are going to be doing this type of work a lot then you may want
> to either buy the netlister or contract out this portion of the job to
> someone who has the interface. I know several companies that could help.
To me, $2500 for this netlister is simply out of line. If it offered
crossprobing and decal preview, and supported better rules (no support for
GROUPs any more...they removed this), then I would consider it.
> Last but not least, you may already have the interface you need so
> before you spend a lot of time formatting files or generating device
> files I would call your Mentor support.
I do not have the Allegro interface. It's optional, as I mentioned, and
$2500 just isn't worth it for me, given I can get there already. What I
want to do is expand on the current home brew netlister I use, so that it
supports device file generation as well as rules. It's really not that
hard. I don't plan on supporting back annotation, since I never use it.
Regards,
Austin
-----------------------------------------------------------
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
-----------------------------------------------------------
Other related posts:
