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.CAD file extention

I have a .CAD a customer sent me. It appears to be a cadence file. I was thinking it was a layout but I can't open it. Can someone tell me what kind of files this is.

John W

Rik Lee over 14 years ago

.cad extensions are usually a ASCII file that was created from extracting data from an Allegro .brd layout using a Fabmaster utility (cdc2fab.exe).It's usually a composite file made up from the data created by 9 extract routines..
They cannot be opend by Allegro. PCB Editor.
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Mo-Tech over 6 years ago in reply to Rik Lee

Rik, could you kindly explain, how to generate .CAD file from existing layout - using A17.2.

THX

Andreas
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steve over 6 years ago in reply to Mo-Tech

Try File - Export - Fabmaster out
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