Using Allegro 14.2 on Unix. I let the system create the pads_in.ini file. Cleaned up any NO_MAP lines.
Basicly, the system hangs, saying writing database.
I end up killing the process.
Look at log file - no mention of Error.
Can't find a database anywhere.
Thanks for any help you can give.
dave
Log file as follows:
=============================================================================== PADS layer usage summary: Layers 1 to 10 are route layers. LINES: 1 ETCH - TOP 2 ETCH - INTERNAL1 3 ETCH - INTERNAL2 4 ETCH - INTERNAL3 5 ETCH - INTERNAL4 6 ETCH - INTERNAL5 7 ETCH - INTERNAL6 8 ETCH - INTERNAL7 9 ETCH - INTERNAL8 10 ETCH - BOTTOM 11 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 21 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 24 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 25 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 26 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 27 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE COPPER: 2 ETCH - INTERNAL1 4 ETCH - INTERNAL3 7 ETCH - INTERNAL6 9 ETCH - INTERNAL8 TEXT: 1 ETCH - TOP 2 ETCH - INTERNAL1 3 ETCH - INTERNAL2 4 ETCH - INTERNAL3 5 ETCH - INTERNAL4 6 ETCH - INTERNAL5 7 ETCH - INTERNAL6 8 ETCH - INTERNAL7 9 ETCH - INTERNAL8 10 ETCH - BOTTOM 11 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 16 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 17 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 18 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 19 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 21 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 23 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 24 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 25 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 26 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 27 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 28 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 29 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE DECALS: 0 PACKAGE GEOMETRY - SILKSCREEN_TOP 1 PACKAGE GEOMETRY - SILKSCREEN_TOP 20 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 26 DRAWING FORMAT - OUTLINE 27 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE 30 BOARD GEOMETRY - OUTLINE PADS: 0 ETCH - internal_pad_def 1 ETCH - TOP 2 ETCH - INTERNAL1 3 ETCH - INTERNAL2 4 ETCH - INTERNAL3 5 ETCH - INTERNAL4 6 ETCH - INTERNAL5 7 ETCH - INTERNAL6 8 ETCH - INTERNAL7 9 ETCH - INTERNAL8 10 ETCH - BOTTOM 13 PIN - TOP 18 PIN - TOP 21 PIN - TOP 25 PIN - TOP 27 PIN - TOP 28 PIN - TOP 30 PIN - TOP VIAS: 0 VIA CLASS - internal_pad_def 1 VIA CLASS - TOP 2 VIA CLASS - INTERNAL1 3 VIA CLASS - INTERNAL2 4 VIA CLASS - INTERNAL3 5 VIA CLASS - INTERNAL4 6 VIA CLASS - INTERNAL5 7 VIA CLASS - INTERNAL6 8 VIA CLASS - INTERNAL7 9 VIA CLASS - INTERNAL8 10 VIA CLASS - BOTTOM ===============================================================================
Tom Witten wrote:
Seems like I remember this conversion looking like it was still running, but had completed and saved a board behind the scene.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Mitch S. Morey [mailto:cadpro2k@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 11:51 AM
To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Re: PADS translation
no, it's not normal. Should take maybe 3-5 minutes MAX. Are you using the default pads.ini file in the cadence install dir or did you create one of your own? also, are you using v15? before v15 and maybe even before v15.2 it wouldn't take a v5.0 PADS ascii file. You might have to change the header line on the PADS ascii file, and call out a 3.5 or earlier version of PADS. Simple to do, it's in the first line. Make it either 3.0 or 3.5
Should go quite fast though. Good luck.
Mitch
This is my first, be gentle.
I got a board translating as I type. This thing has about 2000 pins, 150 parts 10 layers.
How long does the translation take to run?
This has been running for 40 min.?
Is this normal?
dave
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