Convert PDF File to PCB layout?????

[electro]

can you please help me how to convert pdf layout files to PCB layout?

i have ADS2004a that can import

gdsII stream format
dxf
egs archive format
egs generate format
iff
mgc/pcb
iges
mask file(.msk)

thanks!

 

[Simon Peacock]

Step 1/
print it out onto paper.
Step 2/
buy a digitiser tablet
Step 3/
Trace it in.



I don't know of any other way to import it other than that. I have usually
found it quicker to place and route by hand that follow a PDF.
You might want to ask the original owner of the artwork for the original.

Simon

"electro" <electromagnetic377@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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can you please help me how to convert pdf layout files to PCB layout?

i have ADS2004a that can import

gdsII stream format
dxf
egs archive format
egs generate format
iff
mgc/pcb
iges
mask file(.msk)

thanks!

 

[electro]

found it..
theres a program that converts pdf to dxf layout.........

 

[JeffM]

electro wrote WITHOUT CONTEXT:

found it..
theres a program that converts pdf to dxf layout.....

Are you completely self-absorbed?
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM,?

Your Usenet posting technique sucks:
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.dance/browse_frm/thread/7d7206245406b31a/d2a254b71a556333?q=they-don't-see-*-*-*-*-Google+You-don't-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-previous-post+click-*-show-options-*+click-THAT-Reply-link+only-leave-enough+zzz+If-you-don't-*-*-*-*-your-reply+faqs

http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cachetYi-cQOinsJ:groups.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=12348

 

[Paul Burke]

JeffM wrote:

electro wrote WITHOUT CONTEXT:

found it..
theres a program that converts pdf to dxf layout.....

WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM,?

If I'd seen electro's post I would have pointed him to:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsview/pstoedit.htm

which can convert to DXF, which many CAD systems can import.

Paul Burke

 

[Hal Murray]

In article <4435adce@news2.actrix.gen.nz>,
"Simon Peacock" <simon$actrix.co.nz> writes:

Step 1/
print it out onto paper.
Step 2/
buy a digitiser tablet
Step 3/
Trace it in.

I don't know of any other way to import it other than that. I have usually
found it quicker to place and route by hand that follow a PDF.
You might want to ask the original owner of the artwork for the original.

PDF can contain line drawing graphics or gif type picture.

If it's lines, you can use pdf2ps to turn it into postscript.
It might be reasonably to write some code to turn the
postscript into gerbers.

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