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Reverse conversion - Board file from Gerber files

MightyBeard7

Hello,

I accidentally deleted my final freezed board file and i am unable to the modifications to previous saved designs ( as modifications takes too long time), but i have the gerbers files of the board file which has been deleted.

So my doubt is that " is it possible to generate board file from gerber file ?" I use ALLEGRO 16.6 version

Thank You,

  • It is possible but, it may not be "less work". You can import PCB Editor generated Gerber, Artwork, into PCB Editor and use this as a guide for modification - obviously, this only helps with placement and routing and not any rules that might have been changed. Downstream Technologies have a reverse engineering option for CAM 350. This can import the Gerber and you then have to "train" it to identify the footprints and, eventually, you will be able to create a PADS ASCII version of the board data that PCB Editor can import. After that the rules need to be setup and the design checked, Net names will just be "sequential". Gerber data doesn't contain any design intelligence from the original board, only numerical data to control a photoplotter.

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