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Cadstar vinhkan 05-12-08
Posted by vinhkan on May 12, 2008, 11:46 am
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How do I convert cadstar pcb design files to orcad or anything else
but cadstar?

Posted by JeffM on May 12, 2008, 3:21 pm
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Note: One-word Subject lines are usually very stupid.
Make just a bit more effort next time.

vinhkan wrote:
>How do I convert cadstar pcb design files to orcad
>or anything else but cadstar?

Buy Pulsonix.
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/browse_frm/thread/9124c951a8bc2198/68696da941bcdb2d?q=Cadstar+zzz+schematic.PCB.and.library.files+*-*-*-*-*-*-limitations-of-*-compatibility+qq-qq+Pulsonix.imports
(Scroll down to Brad Velander's post to get the truth.)

More from Brad on this topic: (aka **No magical tool**)
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/browse_frm/thread/f85d28a336c67dae/7a528d64a1391bbb?q=*-*-have-equivalents-in-*-other-packages+supports+retrieve.data+doesn't+flawed+limitations-*-what-will-import-successfully+magical-tool+*-*-*-limited-*-list-of-compatible-versions+zz-zz+qq+Autovue+exist

Posted by Joel Koltner on May 12, 2008, 4:01 pm
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> vinhkan wrote:
>>How do I convert cadstar pcb design files to orcad
>>or anything else but cadstar?
> Buy Pulsonix.
> (Scroll down to Brad Velander's post to get the truth.)

Pulsonix was more or less (as far as I can tell) founded by former CadStar
employees, so I would tend to imagine it has the best CadStar import of any of
the packages out there, since the Pulsonix guys would conceivably have more
information about the internal design formats and what-not than most
companies.

Not that I've ever actually imported a CadStar schematic into Pulsonix, mind
you (only ORCAD schematic, and those turn out pretty darned good if not
perfect)... or even used CadStar for more than about 15 minutes in my life...

---Joel



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