[sdiy] pcb

[patchell]

    Hmmm....couldn't find the Protel PCB utils....well....uh...<cough>....it might
be because I forgot to post them....well, stuff happens....

    Here they are:

http://www.silcom.com/~patchell/protel/protel.html

    You will find a link to a zip file that is about 360K.  The html tells a little
bit about the files.

Ken Stone wrote:

> Hi Jim,
> Maybe I'm blind (probably actually) but i can't find those autotrax utils
> you mentioned. Do you have a more specific URL?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ken
>
> >    That is not going to be an easy task.   Protel Atutotrax and Gerber Files
> >basically describe the position of an object, and it's shape, where as a PCX
> >file is basically just a bit map, I do believe (I could be wrong about that).
> >I have always found it easier to just make a new PCB file from a
> >picture....better yet, if there is a schematic, I will redraw the schematic
> >with Orcad and then you can get a netlist which makes doing the board even
> >easier.
> >
> >    -Jim
> >
> >    P.S. I do have a bunch of Protel Autotrax utilities that I wrote myself on
> >my website http://www.silcom.com/~patchell .  But there is nothing there that
> >will do what you want... :-(
> >
> >clowndog wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone here know how I can convert a PCX image file of a single sided
> >> PCB to an autotrax or gerb file format?
> >>
> >> http://www.algonet.se/~cyrano/unispdif_solder.zip
> >
> >
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