A GenCAM from Allegro

Hi Folks,

Went down this path earlier this year ...

The only way I found of producing Gencad was to first generate ODB++ from Allegro / PCB Designer, then import the ODB++ into CAM350 or Camcad (formerly RSI, now owned by Mentor) and export Gencad from the 3rd party tool.

I suppose a skill routine could be written, but Gencad is not public domain and the specification may be difficult to obtain.

If Circuitcam is your target, there are better options available than Gencad (ODB++, skill generated "FATF").

Dave

Hello All,

While I running XTRCT.BAT command ,getting the following error:

'extract' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
The system cannot find the file specified.
Could Not Find D:\test\test\cctemp.tmpCould any body explain,what does it means?

Regards,
SATYA

Satya,

extract.exe is a windows command, when you run the batch command XTRCT.BAT it calls MicroSoft windows extract.exe command to avoid the conflict Allegro extract command was modified to extracta. You need to edit the XTRCT.BAT in text editor and change extract comand to extracta.

Hope this helps,
Nagaraj.

Thanks Nagaraj,

Yes corrected it.After running the above command getting the following new error.
Extract: 123200 reads, 12491 writes.
Extract: 123400 reads, 12570 writes.
Extract: 123600 reads, 12590 writes.
Extract ended.
sort: /tmp/sort0088800000: No such file or directory

Could you give a solution for the above.Finally it will generate a cad file ccam.cad with 0KB.

Regards,
Satya

checkout the solution 11180192 in source link.

GoodLuck!!
Nagaraj.