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How do I move a PADs layout to Protel ?

April 26, 2017layout pads ProTel

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How do I move a PADs layout to Protel ?

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1)Create a new DDB. 2)Add a new PCB 3) “File | Import | PADs Ascii (*.ASC)” — Mark Geddes 2000-11-27 • Subject: [PROTEL EDA USERS]: Test fixture design From: Bob Puckette on 2000-08-23 11:07:57 AM Please respond to “Association of Protel EDA Users” I’ve come up with a cute way to generate pogo pin test fixtures. It’s been working so far, but I’d like to see if anyone has any contructive criticism for the scheme. It goes like this: 1. Take a copy of the final artwork and delete everything but the tooling holes and the test pads. 2. Do a global change to change all the test pads into thru holes that will accomodate pogo pin sockets. 3. Route all the pogo pin sockets to whatever you test with on a bigger board that the production board. This is an easy job for the auto router. 4. Have a cheap quickturn fab (I use PCB Express) make two copies (a minimum order) of the board. The idea is to use stand-offs to make a pogo pin block out of the two boards. Th