Pulsonix is capable of importing Schematic designs from other systems when exported in ASCII format. Generally, Pulsonix cannot import formats which are binary in format, although there are a few exceptions. Usually, designs are stored by their host system in binary format (as Pulsonix itself does). Most systems have a mechanism for saving or exporting the designs in ASCII format.
Supported Formats
The list of formats supported by Pulsonix is being constantly developed. If you have a format which is not currently supported, please contact our technical support desk to check if the format is being worked on or available.
The current list includes:
- P-CAD Schematics (\*.SCH)
- P-CAD Schematics (\*.SCH)
- Protel Schematics (\*.SCH \*.SCHDOC)
- Cadstar PCB (\*.CPA)
- PADS Works, 2000, Logic, PADS Designer (\*.TXT)
- OrCAD Schematics (\*.EDF)
- Allegro See OrCAD above
- Eagle PCB (\*.EIS) [intermediate file format for older Eagle versions]
- Eagle PCB (\*.SCH) (Eagle Version 6 onwards)
- UltiBoard SCM (\*.SCH) (this is their database, no export is required)
- Easy-PC Schematics (\*.SCH) (this is a binary data transfer)
- Visula Schematics (\*.EDF)
- EDWin Schematics (\*.EPA and \*.EPB)
- Ariadne Schematics (\*.SCA)
- Viewlogic Schematics (\*.1)
- Innoveda Schematics (\*.1)
- System Designer Schematics (\*.EDF and \*.EDS)
How To Import Schematics Designs
There are different mechanisms available depending on how many designs you have to import:
- The first option is to simply drop the design ASCII file onto Pulsonix. This mechanism will automatically detect the incoming format and display a small confirmation dialog from which to choose a Technology file and start the import.
- Use the Open dialog and use the File Of Type to select the file filter to use. Pulsonix is intelligent enough to detect the different formats during import to decide how to import them. The File Of Type filter allows you to sort a list of suitable types by a given file extension.
Importing Netlists into Pulsonix PCB
you may also wish to import Schematic netlists from your existing Schematic design system into Pulsonix PCB as an alternative to using the Pulsonix Schematic system.
This can be done