The current WIP code is to be found at

https://github.com/erichVK5/translate2coralEDA

Your easiest options, in ord= er of decreasing simplicity, are

1) convert to ascii format, after which further conversion become= s quite simple. There is a pcad2kicad utility on sourceforge; pcb-rnd can t= hen load kicad format and save in gEDA pcb format, or you just keep working= on it in pcb-rnd.

2) tu= rn gerbers into layout elements, if you have gerbers. translate2coralEDA ca= n do this better than translate2geda because pcb-rnd supports arcs in footp= rints, as well as polygons. You will lose distinct footprint elements this = way.

3) use the altium p= cad viewer which is free to download. Make screenshots, and use --bg-image = in PCB or pcb-rnd to layout the board. pcb-rnd now allows netlists to be al= located to electrically connected objects, potentially assisting reverse en= gineering if your schematic editor supports back annotation/netlist import.=

4) use the above method= (3) with photographs of a board.

5) attempt conversion of the binary files. Not easy and not quick= if there is no file format specification.

Regards,

Erich

On Thu, 28 Mar 2019 06:00 Derek (derek AT q40 DOT de) [via geda-use= r AT delorie DOT com], <geda-user@= delorie.com> wrote:

Hi = Erich,

I think data is in a binary format.

I would like to lo= ok at translate2coralEDA, can I download anywhere?

Regards
Derek=

On 27 March 2019 11:02:28 GMT+00:00, &qu= ot;Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com= ]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

Is the format binary or text?

=
ASCII conversion could be achieved with relatively low ef= fort in translate2coralEDA with a dedicated parser.
=
Binary conversion would require some form of fo= rmat description to work with.

If you are not in a hurry, I could implement a converter if provided= with sufficient information.

translate2coralEDA is the long planned refactor of translate2geda, wi= th support for padstacks, polygons, arbitrary text +/- rotation and arcs in= footprints, when exporting to pcb-rnd, but export of a simpler feature set= is still possible for gEDA pcb.

Regards,

Erich=

On Wed, 27 Mar 2019 19:50 Derek Stewart (derek AT q40 DOT de) [via geda-use= r AT delorie DOT com], <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
Hi,

I am trying to convert an old PCB 68060 4 layer project from PCAD to
gEDA, the data from the header of the data files shows the version of:

Personal CAD Systems, Inc.

PC-CARDS Database file version : 2.08

Is there any way to convert the P-CAD project files.

I have tried Altium Designer, which is supposed have loadable P-CAD
import filters, but the data files I have are pre-date Altium's take over of PCad.

=C2=A0From Web searches, I found the data files could be from Accel EDA/PCA= D
2000.

I have paper schematics and worse cause scenario, I will enter the
schematic by hand and re-create the PCB.

--
Regards,

Derek

Regards,

Derek