Keyword: design of PCB, PCB file, PCB
If the engineer hard design of PCB file missing or damaged, that is a very helpless thing! But if keep the original GERBER file the PCB/ODB++ file, we can use the GERBER/ODB++ reverse generated PCB file to compensate for the loss!
Here are the methods in detail:
Function steps: (to AD6 installation file under the existing reverse generated PCB GERBER file, for example, the following required documents users can use PCB file!)
1, a new CAM in AD6 file.
2, through AD6 File/Import to Import other software output Gerber File. Using 4 Port Serial Interface file for example. We select the File on the CAMtastic editor menu, the Import, the Quick Load, will pop up the following pages, we chose the path: \ \ Program Files \ Altium Designer 6 Examples, Tutorials, CAMtastic Imports & Exports \ Gerbers. Then click "OK". The CAMtastic editor will automatically load and display various into CAM data. Then there will be a "Import Drill Date" dialog pop up, after we choose "OK", will pop up a "log" suffix report files. If a file error in the import process, will be displayed in the file, we find convenient.
3, through the AD to the File/Import to Import other software output of NC Drill File and netlist File. (if using ODB++ file, you can skip this step) NC Drill file in the Program Files \ Altium Designer 6 \ Examples, Tutorials, CAMtastic Imports & Exports \ directory, its name is "4 Port Serial Interface. TXT". Netlist file in Program Files \ AD6.8 \ Examples, Tutorials, CAMtastic Imports & Exports \ Gerbers \ import and import NC Drill
4, use the Tool/Netlist/Extract extraction import Gerber network (will be connected to the Track as the same network, network randomly generated). If you don't import net table will not be able to rename to a network, the generated PCB file network of chaos! We can choose the Tools \ Netlist \ Extrast extracted from CAM data network list. If properly imported electrical network list, we can choose the Tools, Netlist, Rename Nets to change the name of the network.
5, through the File/Export/Export to PCB, Export the CAM File to PCB. So basically completed the function of import, but all of the components has been broken into Pad, overlay on the Designator also is no longer the Text type.
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