Protel advanced pcb 27
(PADS format netlist I can already generate) If you give example(s) of simple netlists that can be used on one side of the compare, I'll see if I can get kicad to generate one. What format net-lists can that ECO support on your system ? I think Altium/Protel has a ECO tab, where you can compare a design with a net-list ? That would give a means to check the translate/import worked correctly. How many times has that schematic helped me avoid mistakes on my pcb and I have a nice schematic at the same time. I growled and I grumbled but became used to it in no time and I haven't looked back. But I did some work for one company that required it done properly with named netlists using Protel99SE.
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Here's an example of an pcb assembly "overlay" where the values and designators are not visible on the actual pcb itself.
Protel advanced pcb 27 manual#
But now the parts are so small that there is no room for designators and as for manual assembly and repair I have the component overlay and values etc printed up to fill a sheet so it can be easily viewed, even on a tablet. In the old old days the designator was useful for manual assembly and for those armies of repair technicians armed with all their training and service manuals. One thing I always find amusing with many smd pcbs that I see is the visible component designator which must be the most useless and unnecessary thing in the world.
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Once I place all the components properly then make a few changes to the schematic, I usually find that it becomes very easy and a pleasure to route manually. However I have never met an autoplacer/autorouter which I respected, especially the autoplacer since it has no real idea about connectors and packaging etc. Although I miss the freedom of just running a track from this pad instead of that pad etc it is only a simple matter of making the change on the schematic and updating the pcb. But I did some work for one company that required it done properly with named netlists using Protel99SE. I've used all the early versions of Protel and I used to just create the PCB as I went and I didn't always have a proper schematic. Glutton for punishment is all I can say to that when it is so simple to create a proper schematic in the first place, especially in Protel99SE. Protel netlist is an extremely simple text file.