Altium PCAD

  1. Extract PCAD ASCII file, *.pcb, in Altium PCAD.
  2. From the menu bar, click File > Import ECAD > Altium PCAD (*.pcb).
    The Import from Altium PCAD dialog opens.
    • PCAD ASCII File (*.pcb): Select the target ASCII file, *.pcb, to import.
    • User Defined Settings: Specify parameters for data importing options.
  3. Define the settings from the User Defined Settings dialog.
    • Layer Set-up: Set Altium layers name which will be used as PDB’s component outline layer and board outline layer.
    • Apply to Environment Setting: Apply settings to the environment setting.
    The format to import Altium PCAD is shown in the image below.
    Figure 1. Example of *.pcb