Importing AUTOCAD files into PROTEL ? 1

[zimbali]

Dear all,

I'm an electronic engineer but never done PROTEL seriously before!! I'd like to design a circuit that will sit on a board with an odd shape, having holes and curves everywhere. Can I import the board shape from Autocad and design my PCB there? I usually prefered to design the small PCBs in Autocad but this time the project is serious.
Any help is appreciated in advance.

 

[Spex]

I'm pretty sure you can do this in all the most recent versions of protel. You import the shape as a .dxf / .dwg.

Prety standard functionality on pcb packages these days.

 

[SteveSmith]

Yes, you can import .dwg or .dxf into Protel. I have had better results with .dwg files.

Steve Smith, C.I.D.
Product Engineer
Staco Energy Products Co.

http://www.stacoenergy.com

 

[zimbali]

Thanks for your helps. I'll try it.

 

[SteveSmith]

If you need more help with Protel, I suggest you join the Protel EDA Users at

http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/index.html

this is a very useful source of help and general info. They have a back up at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/protel-users/

for when the other e-mail server is down.

If you are using Protel DXP, there is another users group available from the Protel web site:

http://www.protel.com/community/forums.htm

Good luck,

Steve Smith, C.I.D.
Product Engineer
Staco Energy Products Co.

http://www.stacoenergy.com