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Re: PADS 2.0 to OrCAD 7.10 Translation
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"Scott D. Shepard" <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 21 May 1998 11:29:52 -0700
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This may not be much help but... I haven't tried converting 2.0 db
myself. I remember a note somewhere from Orcad saying that they were
having problems converting PADS 2.0 dbs and that you should drop back to
previous version of PADs to create the ascii file -- for a more reliable
conversion.

Scott Shepard
IDS

Steve Collins wrote:
>
> Is there a new translator available to convert PADS 2.0 files to OrCAD 7.10
> format. I have been trying to convert my PADS library to an OrCAD format
> with no success. Is it true that when the pad stack inf. is translated into
> OrCAD you lose some of the original pad stack inf. i.e.: OrCAD changes all
> layers to same values if they were different in PADS pad stacks. I have
> posted this same request to OrCAD's Tech support line but I think I'll get
> an answer faster by posting here.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Steve Collins
> PCB Design Supervisor
> Antec Corp
>
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