PCAD v15

The instructions that follow explain how to import files you download from Ultra Librarian into PCAD v15.

To import PCAD files into PCAD v15:

1.Open PCAD Library.

2.Select the Library > Translate menu items.
 

3.Click the Source Library button and browse to select the AltiumV15.lia file you downloaded from Ultra Librarian.

4.Choose the P-CAD ASCII radio option  to indicate the source format.

5.Click the Destination Library button  and enter the name of a new destination library folder.

6.Select P-CAD Binary radio option to specify the destination format.  

7.Click Translate to run the translation. The ASCII library file is converted to a binary formatted library that can be read into PCAD.
 
Note: Before proceeding, you may wish to move your new components from the newly translated library to a preexisting library. Instructions to move your new components are presented in the next set up steps that follow.  

8.Close the Library Translate screen and open the component from the destination library you specified in step #5 to view the symbol or footprint you imported.

Move New Components

To move your new components from the new PCAD library created during import to a preexisting library:
 

1.Select the Library > Copy menu items to open the Copy Library screen.

2.Click the Source Library and Destination Library buttons to specify the source and destination libraries.
 

3.Specify copy options to indicating if you are copying a component, pattern or symbol; are the copied items to overwrite or preserve the original files; or to also copy patterns or symbols with a component. (See screen image above)
 

4.Highlight the component you want to copy and click the Copy button
 
Or browse through and preview components. Click the Browse To Add button  to select the component.  
 

5.Click OK. The component you choose becomes highlighted in the list of source names as shown in the above image.
 

6.Cancel the view to return to the Library Copy screen.
 

7.Click Copy to move the item to the destination library.
 
When you're finished, the library is ready to be loaded into PCAD.