Create Footprint Shows PADS Layout Version?

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   While using Lite 2014 Library Expert after selecting the "Build" icon and selecting the Altium Designer Translator the version dialog still displays "PADS Version". It does this for several translators including Altium, CADint, DipTrace, Pulsonix etc.  
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AGONZ67 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Advanced User Joined: 30 Mar 2012 Status: Offline Points: 119	Post Options Post Reply Quote AGONZ67 Report Post Thanks(1) Quote Reply Topic: Create Footprint Shows PADS Layout Version? Posted: 22 May 2014 at 11:03am
	While using Lite 2014 Library Expert after selecting the "Build" icon and selecting the Altium Designer Translator the version dialog still displays "PADS Version". It does this for several translators including Altium, CADint, DipTrace, Pulsonix etc. uploads/71/Post-2.jpg



Tom H Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Admin Group Joined: 05 Jan 2012 Location: San Diego, CA Status: Offline Points: 5718	Post Options Post Reply Quote Tom H Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 22 May 2014 at 12:22pm
	Most CAD vendors work directly with PCB Libraries, Inc. to help create interfaces to their CAD tools. In the past 10 years Altium has rejected all of our requests to help us create a direct interface to the Altium CAD tool. The Altium database is Binary and we can't reverse engineer it. If Altium were to import / export ASCII data we could write an interface without Altium's help. However, Altium and Pulsonix have written great PADS Layout importers. For step by step instructions on how to import PADS V9.3 ASCII files into Altium read this - http://www.pcblibraries.com/products/fpx/userguide/default.asp?ch=200
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