Slightly off topic (Tango to Auto-Cad)

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--snip--
> The original Tango PCB (written by Protel) and later versions from
> Protel (AutoTrax) and MicroCode Engineering (TraxMaker) probably all
have
> this feature. At least one of the DOS versions (EasyTrax?) is free...


Since I saw Tango mentioned, and we are already off-topic...

We had a company do a board layout for us. They did it in an old DOS
version of Tango. Now we are trying to import it into Auto-Cad 2000 so
we can put a different title block around it, delete some proprietary
info,and then print it out to send as a part of a drawing package to our
customers (all of the other drawings are in Auto-Cad -- plus, the
customer specifies Auto-Cad). Somehow, even though we save it as a .dxf,
Auto-Cad won't open it. Any suggestions?

Regards,
Aaron

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>We had a company do a board layout for us. They did it in an old DOS
>version of Tango. Now we are trying to import it into Auto-Cad 2000 so
>we can put a different title block around it, delete some proprietary
>info,and then print it out to send as a part of a drawing package to our
>customers (all of the other drawings are in Auto-Cad -- plus, the
>customer specifies Auto-Cad). Somehow, even though we save it as a .dxf,
>Auto-Cad won't open it. Any suggestions?

Aaron,

I have successfully provided DXF output from Protel AutoTrax (DOS) to
customers many times. You must use the Plot utility, of course, and
configure it to generate DXF output. If you're doing that correctly, then I
dunno what's wrong. Perhaps you're using a late version of Tango (not from
Protel). I have no idea how reliable those products were. *.PCB files from
Protel's oldest PCB design tools can be opened with recent ones, so you may
still have options...

Mike Hardwick, for Decade Engineering -- <http://www.decadenet.com>
Manufacturer of the famous BOB-II Serial Video Text Display Module!

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>We had a company do a board layout for us. They did it in an old DOS
>version of Tango. Now we are trying to import it into Auto-Cad 2000 so
>we can put a different title block around it, delete some proprietary
>info,and then print it out to send as a part of a drawing package to our
>customers (all of the other drawings are in Auto-Cad -- plus, the
>customer specifies Auto-Cad). Somehow, even though we save it as a .dxf,
>Auto-Cad won't open it. Any suggestions?

Aaron,

Just an idea... Generate PostScript output, then use a file format
conversion utility to make DXF. They're both vector formats, and you might
have better luck this way...

Mike Hardwick, for Decade Engineering -- <http://www.decadenet.com>
Manufacturer of the famous BOB-II Serial Video Text Display Module!

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Why not try and conver it to a current version of tango and then
export it. Send me a E-mail off line. Gresethr@y....
--- In basicstamps@y..., Mike Hardwick <decade@w...> wrote:
> >We had a company do a board layout for us. They did it in an old
DOS
> >version of Tango. Now we are trying to import it into Auto-Cad
2000 so
> >we can put a different title block around it, delete some
proprietary
> >info,and then print it out to send as a part of a drawing package
to our
> >customers (all of the other drawings are in Auto-Cad -- plus, the
> >customer specifies Auto-Cad). Somehow, even though we save it as
a .dxf,
> >Auto-Cad won't open it. Any suggestions?
>
> Aaron,
>
> Just an idea... Generate PostScript output, then use a file format
> conversion utility to make DXF. They're both vector formats, and
you might
> have better luck this way...
>
> Mike Hardwick, for Decade Engineering -- <http://www.decadenet.com>
> Manufacturer of the famous BOB-II Serial Video Text Display Module!