CAD Format Typical file File identification header lines

extensions
Altium Designer .PCB |RECORD=Board|
Altium P-CAD .PCB (asciiHeader
Cadence Allegro BRD.TXT A!LAYER_SORT!LAYER_SUBCLASS!LAYER_ARTWORK!.....
CAMCAD Extract
PAD.TXT A!PAD_NAME!REC_NUMBER!LAYER!FIXFLAG!VIAFLAG!.
....
SYM.TXT A!SYM_TYPE!SYM_NAME!REFDES!SYM_X!SYM_Y!.......
RTE.TXT A!NET_NAME!PIN_NUMBER_SORT!CLASS!REFDES!.......
SHP.TXT (Optional) A!SUBCLASS!PAD_SHAPE_NAME!GRAPHIC_DATA_NAM
E!
Cadence Allegro .CAD or .TXT or .VAL A!REFDES!COMP_CLASS!COMP_PART_NUMBER!.....
VAL Extract
Cadence OrCAD .MIN (MIN
Layout (Version
Calay .PCB .TITLE
.UNITS
.RULE
CAMCAD CCZ .CCZ or .CC <ccdoc
Fabmaster FATF .FAT or .ASC :FABMASTER FATF REV
GenCAD .CAD $HEADER
GENCAD
.PNL $HEADER
GENPANEL
GenCAM .GCM $HEADER
GENCAM:
Gerber Family .GBR, .PHO,
IPC 2581 *.xml
IPC 356 *.IPC P UNITS
Mentor Board Comps # BOARD STATION COMPONENTS FILE FORMAT
Station *.CMP
Traces # BOARD STATION TRACES FILE FORMAT
*.WIR
Nets # BOARD STATION NETS FILE FORMAT
*.NET
ASCII Geoms $$lock_windows(@on);
*.PRT
Mentor Neutral .NEU BOARD <board> OFFSET x:0.0 y:0.0 ORIENTATION 0
neutral B_UNITS
Mentor Power PCB .ASC !PADS-POWERPCB…….
ODB++ .TGZ Directory structure
PDIF .PDF {COMPONENT <board_name>
{ENVIRONMENT
{PDIFvrev
Protel PCB .PCB PCB FILE 6 VERSION…….
Scicards *.DAT SCICARDS
Theda .TL PC_BOARD
! IDENTIFIER
Unicam .PDW project "board"
{ version {
Zuken CADIF .PAF (cadif
(format CADIF
Zuken .PCF (pcf
CR5000/Board (header
Designer .FTF (ftf
(header
.PNF (Optional) (pnf
(header
Zuken PWS .BSF $BSF
.CCF $CCF
.MDF $MDF
.PMA $PMA
.UDF $UDF
.WDF $WDF
.WSF $WSF