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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...>]

> Dick:
> This will be great for OrCad version 10 option.
> Does the spectra dsn format include schematic information?
No. You are correct. I was not thinking clearly. The specctra dsn 
format reminds me of a "pcb format" not a schematic format, and it seems 
to have thought of most everything a pcb file would need to contain. 
If ever we were thinking of switching file formats for PCBNEW, this 
format would have to be on the table.
> Would not the process still be to enter or capture a schematic, 
> assign footprints, define board outline/keep out areas, place the 
> parts then export for auto-route?
Yes.
> The EDIF standard was also designed to handle layout but it didn't
> seem to catch on in the PC/PCB part of the industry, and then only
> a few such as OrCad even support EDIF for schematic in/out.
>
> Sun is out, 38 degrees, I'm off to recoop my investment of shoveling
> the tennis courts.
Yes, I enjoy tennis too, twice a week.

Dick

> Frank