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["Dick H." <dick@...>]

--- In kicad-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Charles McDowell
<cmcdowell_home@...> wrote:
>
> I am trying to convert a Orcad schematic to Kicad. I am new to the
group, I sure 
> could use some help. 
> 
> I compiled the edif2kicad program and was able to try out the
*e2schm.exe* utility that it produced. 
> However the problem I have is when I try to import the schematic
into Kicad I get a bunch of errors 
> saying it can't find the library files. Obviously all the original
library dependencies that the Orcad schematic 
> had are needed in separate files for Kicad. But I don't have these. 

Hopefully Frank Bennet will answer this item. This path is the more
current path between the two you pursued. I had the same problem as
you 18 months ago, before the edif2kicad was written and I could not
find a current *decomp.exe on the net. I ended up thinking that it
was for an older orcad anyway, probably an older orcad file format too.

In the near future they may be another path open for conversions and
that is the "Specctra DSN" file format. It is a format used to pass a
design to an auto-router for layout. Many EDA software packages
support it. Can you generate such a file in your orcad? If so, it
may be prudent for you to send that exported "specctra dsn" file to me
as I am the one adding specctra dsn support to Kicad, and doing so
currently.

Dick


> 1.) So how do I convert an Orcad library file [*.olb] to Kicad [*.lib]? 
> 2.) Where can I find this program called *decomp.exe *that can be
used with the Kicad orc2eeschema.exe? All the 
> original suggested URLs suggested are no longer valid. 
> 3.) Orcad allows me to export a library but in terms of a *.EXP
format. What can I do with this? How to save 
> in *.SRC format? 
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