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On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 11:25 AM, Mitch Davis
(mjd+geda-user AT hackvana DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 12:52 AM, Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via
> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 4:25 AM, Mitch Davis
>> > source.  And it also has a mode where you can set the background to be
>> > an
>> > image, which you can then trace over when laying out the board.  That
>> > image
>> > could be a bitmap of a board done in another tool.  It's a useful tool
>> > when
>> > recovering designs done in older proprietary software.
>>
>> If you are going to do that just print the schematic as ps and then
>>
>> use pstoedit to convert it to pcb format. I have used this in the past
>> for simple things.
>
>
> Oh that's very interesting to know, thank you.

For layout and board outlines it is ok. I would not try it for
footprints. My workflow for this was

orcad -> gerber files -> gerbv -> postscript (ps) -> pstoedit -> pcb
I put it on a layer and then traced some needed features into the
layer I actually wanted.
If I had it to do over again I would probably have tried the tools for
converting orcad but I just needed a few simple features.

> Mitch.



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