Feature #5095
closedexport project in ASCII interchange format for other eCAD prgms
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Description
As this round of design improvements comes closer to its end, it would be nice to have the major design files also saved in another interchange format to gain access with other eCAD software for wider spread.
A way would be exporting from Altium into Specctra/P-CAD ASCII format, but it looks like as if comtemporary Altium is no longer able to export schematic editor files to PCAD ASCII but only PCB editor's content (which IIRC was different some years ago)? If so, then only a *.pcb file would come out. An ASCII netlist could help additonally. Library elements could be rebuilt and are not a major concern.
(The eagle import for PCAD/Protel/Accel ASCII is far from perfect (see https://theanythingapprentice.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/altium-files-in-eagle-incompatibility-issues/), but basically works with an additional amount of manual extra work. - KiCAD got an native Altium import a year ago. - Freerouting can interface via a Specctra .dsn file from both KiCAD or Eagle).
What do you think cibomahto ? Also, is there still the possibility to export an Altium schema to PCAD-ASCII?
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