Translating complete PADS Logic designs which are Schematic files can be handled by Altium Designer's Import Wizard. The Import Wizard streamlines the design translation by analyzing your files automatically. PADS ASCII Schematic Logic sheets within a Logic file with an *.TXT extension translate to Altium Designer Schematic files with an *.SchDoc file extension.Įach translated Logic file will be grouped into automatically created Altium Designer PCB project with an *.PrjPCB file extension.įiles in the Import Wizard translate as follows: One Altium Designer schematic document is generated for each PADS Logic sheet within a Logic file by the Import Wizard.
The Import Wizard supports Pads Logic versions 2005.2 as well as the older Pads PowerLogic version 5.2. It is best to export Logic files that have the version 2005.2 as they contain the most data. The file extension used by the Pads ASCII format is *.txt.įor the import of PADS Logic files, there are no specific settings in the Import Wizard in Altium Designer.Įnsure that when the Logic ASCII files are exported from the PADS application enable all Logic data sections in the ASCII Output dialog in PADS application as shown in the figure below.Įxport the PADS Logic file with the appropriate sections enabled in the PADS application.Īll the data for translation needs to be in the ASCII file, which is why Decals, Part Types and Parts must all be enabled otherwise no components will be imported. Thus the Decals section need to be enabled for Part Types section and the Part Types section needs to be enabled for Parts section as well. In some cases, you can skip some of the above settings such as Text and Lines which are usually used for the border and title blocks. You can use Altium Designer's Schematic border and title blocks instead.
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