Hi,
I'm new to Eagle, but find it pretty easy to use and I can create PCBs pretty quickly that my PCB fab in China can make in a few days.
I have some PADS (MentorGraphics) .sch and .pcb files that I want to import into Eagle.
I have searched many forums, visited the CadSoft support page and even asked CadSoft Tech Support, not much success so far.
A colleague managed to import the original .sch and .pcb files into PADS, and exported the project as an ASCII file (also .dxf - but I'm not certain whether that helps) ...
Unfortunately, Eagle only imports ACCEL ASCII - aka P-CAD ASCII.
So ...
I have PADS .sch, .pcb, .asc and .dxf files, and just want to get the PCB (also the schematic if possible) into Eagle, so I can modify the original layouts.
I've researched for days and tried everything I can think of ...
I even tried to import the PADS files into Altium, hoping there might be a way of converting them there.
But neither the .sch and .pcb files, nor the ASCII or .dfx files, import correctly (or at all).
Ditto por KiCad, DipTrace etc.
I know this topic has been addressed a few times in the element14 forums, but I've been unable to find a solution, apart from this thread ...
Unfortunately this thread doesn't refer to the original source - or the ULP.
Does anyone have any ideas / suggestions ?
I'd really appreciate any assistance ...
Many thanks,
Gary
