No idea how you'd deal with part libraries for this kind of import though, I'd be satisfied with having to create all the devices in Eagle Libraries and then manually selecting parts from actual libraries to swap out by pin number for the OrCad devices. It's the only reason we still have an OrCad license, that on rare occasion we need to remake an old board that we've made manual fixes on or have discontinued parts for and want to update the design. Right now I have to update schematics in 17.2 Schematic using a network license server we had to figure out how to set up and then do the netlist import to 16.2 OrCad Layout just to generate updated gerber files.
I have easily dozens of legacy designs done in OrCad Schematic Capture 16.2 or 17.2 and if I could import those to Eagle I would be very happy. I'm also very interested in this feature, particularly as they've basically discontinued OrCad Layout 16.2 and switched to an even worse program in 17.2. Either way, the process is imperfect but this isn’t our first rodeo and we’ll make it happen as best we can, with all of the other priorities! (It’s not rocket science but binary file formats / MFC stream-writer stuff stinks.hooray eagle XML!) So it’s a bit of a dilemma - maintaining translators sucks and they're never accurate, but forcing people to use a script forces them to have at least a copy of the SW sitting around. The major issue is that to execute scripts, you need a license of OrCAD / Allegro. This makes a LOT more sense as it is much harder to abandon an API than to change a file format (which is done often to throw the competition off and to support new features). I’d like to also consider building a script to run in OrCAD that way we don’t “translate” files but rather, use the OrCAD API to ‘generate’ EAGLE files. A lot of energy is being put into this at the moment and we’re taking suggestions! Curious, what version of OrCAD / Allegro are you using? 16? 17? Next step, schematics and finally board files (hopefully, barring any ugly issues). The first step will be Orcad & Altium libraries. Thanks for your post! We’re working on it (it’s on the “wish list” for the coming year).
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