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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: PCB DESIGN industry standard

From: DJ Delorie <dj@...>
Date: 2007-11-14

"Steve Wiseman" <sjwiseman@...> writes:
> Is there any way to import existing libraries from other packages?

The geda/pcb file formats are well documented, public, and ASCII. The
only limiting factor is getting the other packages to produce
something in a format we can parse, and someone writing a converter.

Of course, there's the copyright issues too.

> Next time I get some free weeks, I'll have another try.

I can help with understanding the geda formats.