[PCB_FORUM] Conversion from Cam350 to PADS and PADS to ALLEGRO
- From: "Vivekananda R K - CTD, Chennai" <vivekanandark@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 10:17:31 +0530
Hi,
Any body having Experience in Conversion from Cam350 to powerpcb and
powerpcb to allegro
I have Tried by following steps.
Cam 350
1.imported Gerber's and build a part also I have extracted the net list.
2.Exported the gerber as .ASC format in powerpcb ver2.0
Powerpcb
1.Imported the .ASC file in to Powerpcb
2.Again I have exported as .ASC format.
Allegro
1.Imported .asc file(which i have exported from pads) in to allegro by using
file /Import/PADS/ option.
The time of conversion allegro shows error and it closing.(pls find attached
the viewlog file)
I opened the board file which is created in allegro, I am missing the
Traces.
Components are coming.
line,Board outline is coming in allegro.
But traces are not coming in to allegro.
Doubts
1.Why the traces are not importing in to allegro
2.Also Allegro is not taking directly the .ASC exported from CAM350.Allegro
is accepting only the .asc file which exported only from powerpcb. Why ?
3.Pls Explain the step by step flow for this conversion.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
K.Vivek
Pcb Designer,
Hcl Technologies,
Chennai,
India.
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Translating D:\jobs\test\s1682_apr25vivek5.asc.
Reading PADS ASCII file header.
Version = PowerPCB2.1
Route Layers = 4
Units = MILS
Hatch mode = Vertical / Horizontal
Hatch grid = 2.000000, angle = 0.000000, anti-pad spacing = 25.000000
Initializing new database.
Creating layers.
Reading PADS ASCII file body.
*PARTTYPE*
*MISC*
*MISC*
*MISC*
*MISC*
*MISC*
*TEXT*
*LINES*
*VIA*
*PARTDECAL*
*PARTTYPE*
*PART*
*ROUTE*
Writing routes.
*END*
===============================================================================
PADS layer usage summary:
Layers 1 to 4 are route layers.
LINES:
1 ETCH - TOP
2 ETCH - INTERNAL1
3 ETCH - INTERNAL2
4 ETCH - BOTTOM
6 * Not mapped!
7 * Not mapped!
10 * Not mapped!
COPPER:
TEXT:
8 * Not mapped!
10 * Not mapped!
DECALS:
PADS:
0 ETCH - internal_pad_def
1 ETCH - TOP
2 ETCH - INTERNAL1
3 ETCH - INTERNAL2
4 ETCH - BOTTOM
6 * Not mapped!
7 * Not mapped!
9 * Not mapped!
10 * Not mapped!
VIAS:
0 VIA CLASS - internal_pad_def
1 VIA CLASS - TOP
2 VIA CLASS - INTERNAL1
3 VIA CLASS - INTERNAL2
4 VIA CLASS - BOTTOM
6 * Not mapped!
7 * Not mapped!
9 * Not mapped!
WARNING: 582 data objects mapped to the UNUSED class were ignored.
===============================================================================
Creating D:\jobs\test\s1682_apr25vivek5.brd.
Loading netlist:
D:\jobs\test\s1682_apr25vivek5.TXT
Writing database.
ERROR: Error while writing the Allegro database.
Closing database.
Translation complete.
Finished with errors!
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