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Open .pcb File In Altium
If you have already designed a PCB Project in Altium Designer, you can easily open and edit it to the CircuitStudio. PCB Project and Schematic files from Altium in CircuitStudio have the same file format with extension.PrjPCB and.SchDoc but.PcbDoc file from Altium in CircuitStudio is.CSPcbDoc file. Project types supported by Altium Designer. The way I've been trying to do the import of Gerber files into an Altium Designer PCB document is that I open a new PCB document and then I import one Gerber file at a time by choosing File-Import-Gerber File. I stop after the first import since I just get a mess of tracks and pads. Added to original post (2) Just opening the Gerber file.
In this article we presented the major differences between CircuitStudio and Altium Designer.
CircuitStudio is a new Schematic capture and PCB design software tool with fully realistic 3D functionality created by Altium company and is available for users since 2015. It is a very similar design tool like Altium Designer and Altium users can easily switch to CircuitStudio without much effort. CircuitStudio has a reduced set of functions in comparison to Altium Designer. CircuitStudio can generate all necessary output files for PCB manufacturing, testing and assembly boards. Also this is a cheaper tool and you may purchase it through Element14 site for the price which is more than half the price of Altium Designer.
- Altium’s free PCB Viewer translates all EDA file formats, along with ODB, IPC-2581, Gerber X2 and X, and IPC-D-356 to enable users to view any file within the printed circuit assembly container of documents. It takes EDPDF from SAP management information system directories and translates the files for those who have no access to SAP systems.
- In Altium Designer, open a new.PcbDoc file: (File New PCB) Once the new.PcbDoc file is open, proceed to File Import Altium PCB When prompted, navigate to the appropriate directory and selected the.SWPcbDoc file.
If you have already designed a PCB Project in Altium Designer, you can easily open and edit it to the CircuitStudio. PCB Project and Schematic files from Altium in CircuitStudio have the same file format with extension .PrjPCB and .SchDoc but .PcbDoc file from Altium in CircuitStudio is .CSPcbDoc file. Project types supported by Altium Designer and CircuitStudio are presented in the table.
Project Types supported in:
| Altium Designer | CircuitStudio |
|---|---|
| PCB Project | PCB Project |
| FPGA Project | |
| Core Project | |
| Integrated Library | Integrated Library |
| Embedded Project | |
| Script Project |