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Rob,

I think you'll find that PADS is a piece of commercial software that
unfortunately happens to use the same file extension as gEDA-pcb.

Opening the PADS file may be possible with pcb-rnd, but I'm not an expert
on all of the latest progress there.

David

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Rob Butts (r DOT butts2 AT gmail DOT com) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

> I'm trying to get the layout information of an lcd carrier board.  The
> carrier board comes with gerber and layout (website says it's a PADS
> layout) files but I'm unable to open the layout (.pcb file).  The carrier
> board and files are at the bottom of this link:
>
> https://www.crystalfontz.com/product/cfaf240320b1032tts-
> tft-graphic-240x320-lcd-touchscreen
>
> I downloaded the Datasheets & Files but I don't know how to open the
> layout.  Any suggestions?
>
> The company does not have a pdf drawing.
>
> Thanks
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Rob,</span><div style=3D"=
font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px">I think you&#39=
;ll find that PADS is a piece of commercial software that unfortunately hap=
pens to use the same file extension as gEDA-pcb.</div><div style=3D"font-si=
ze:12.8px"><br></div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px">Opening the PADS file =
may be possible with pcb-rnd, but I&#39;m not an expert on all of the lates=
t progress there.</div><div style=3D"font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style=
=3D"font-size:12.8px">David</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div =
class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Rob Butts (<a href=
=3D"mailto:r DOT butts2 AT gmail DOT com">r DOT butts2 AT gmail DOT com</a>) [via <a href=3D"mail=
to:geda-user AT delorie DOT com">geda-user AT delorie DOT com</a>] <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;=
<a href=3D"mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com" target=3D"_blank">geda-user AT delori=
e.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"m=
argin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"l=
tr">I&#39;m trying to get the layout information of an lcd carrier board.=
=C2=A0 The carrier board comes with gerber and layout (website says it&#39;=
s a PADS layout) files but I&#39;m unable to open the layout (.pcb file).=
=C2=A0 The carrier board and files are at the bottom of this link:<div><br>=
</div><div><a href=3D"https://www.crystalfontz.com/product/cfaf240320b1032t=
ts-tft-graphic-240x320-lcd-touchscreen" target=3D"_blank">https://www.cryst=
alfontz.com/<wbr>product/cfaf240320b1032tts-<wbr>tft-graphic-240x320-lcd-<w=
br>touchscreen</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I downloaded the Datasheets=
 &amp; Files but I don&#39;t know how to open the layout.=C2=A0 Any suggest=
ions?</div><div><br></div><div>The company does not have a pdf drawing.</di=
v><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div></div>
</blockquote></div><br></div>

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