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Electronics => PCB/EDA/CAD => KiCad => Topic started by: ahbushnell on November 17, 2018, 08:21:38 pm

Title: Convert KiCad netlist to Altium?
Post by: ahbushnell on November 17, 2018, 08:21:38 pm

Does anyone know of a tool to converter Kicad netlist to Altium or PADS? 

Thanks
Andy

Title: Re: Convert KiCad netlist to Altium?
Post by: s8548a on November 19, 2018, 10:49:22 am

Not aware of such tools available, here is a related discussion on the KiCad Forum:
https://forum.kicad.info/t/import-kicad-schematic-into-altium/2963 (https://forum.kicad.info/t/import-kicad-schematic-into-altium/2963)

Title: Re: Convert KiCad netlist to Altium?
Post by: ahbushnell on November 20, 2018, 12:31:08 am

Thanks

Title: Re: Convert KiCad netlist to Altium?
Post by: Doctorandus_P on January 29, 2019, 09:25:40 am

On the KiCad site there is an "Altum to KiCad" project.

This is the wrong way around for you, but it's an open source project apparently written in Perl.
If you have andy intention of writing an Altium to KiCad converter, project may help giving insight in the Altium File Format. KiCad's file formats are documented on the KiCad site.

http://www.kicad-pcb.org/external-tools/ (http://www.kicad-pcb.org/external-tools/)
https://github.com/thesourcerer8/altium2kicad (https://github.com/thesourcerer8/altium2kicad)

Title: Re: Convert KiCad netlist to Altium?
Post by: tszaboo on January 29, 2019, 10:15:50 am

Altium doesnt operate with netlists. The schematic and PCB is linked together with component links, and there is a lot more information shared between the two tools than the traditional software. Therefore the question doesnt really make sense.