#© protel 99se windows
Protel 99 SE Windows File System designs can also be imported. While Altium NEXUS allows direct editing of any individual schematic, PCB, HDL, or any other design file, to perform any project-type operations, such as updating the board from the schematic or printing all the schematics in the project, you must open the project. During import, you have the opportunity to change all of the mappings, except the DDB to Workspace. The image above shows the default mapping from a 99 SE design database to the equivalent objects in Altium NEXUS a Workspace is created for the DDB, a PCB project for each folder that includes a PCB file, and a Library Package for each folder that only includes libraries. When you open a Design Workspace, all projects that are in that Workspace will appear in the Projects panel. A Design Workspace (*.DsnWrk) is used to cluster related projects together, so you could use a Design Workspace for all projects for one client, all boards in one product, and so on. The project file itself is an ASCII file that stores project information, such as links to the documents that are in the project, output settings, compilation settings, error checking settings, and so on.Ībove the project level, Altium NEXUS uses the Design Workspace.
Multiple types of projects are supported in the environment, including:Īpart from script projects, a fundamental requirement is that each project targets a single implementation - for example a PCB project includes all the sources required to define a single PCB, and an FPGA project is implemented in a single FPGA. The basis of every design created in Altium NEXUS is a project file.
In Altium NEXUS, all design files are stored on the hard drive. Some designers use a single DDB for each board design, others keep all revisions of a design in a single DDB, while other designers keep all board designs for the one product in a single DDB. There is no hard and fast requirement on what is stored in a design database, or how the design documents might be grouped into folders within the design database (DDB). The database acts as a storage container, and also as a way that the designer can group project-related design files. Protel 99 SE stores all design documents inside a single design database. Design Database Becomes a Design Workspace & Projects Run the Importer via Altium NEXUS's Import Wizard ( File » Import Wizard). Altium NEXUS must be restarted for the changes to take effect click Yes at the dialog prompt to restart. Click the Apply button at the top-right of the Extensions & Updates page.Scroll down the page and enable the entry for Protel in the Importers\Exporters region of the page.From the Installed page of the view, click the Configure button at the top-right to access the Configure Platform page.If support has not already been added during the initial installation of the software, it can be added from the Configure Platform page when managing the extensions and updates for your installation through the Extensions & Updates view (click on the control at the top-right of the workspace and choose Extensions and Updates from the menu). Ensure that the Protel option - part of the Importers\Exporters functionality set - is enabled on the Select Design Functionality page of the Altium NEXUS Installer. The 99SE DDB importer can be installed alongside all other importers and exporters as part of the initial installation of Altium NEXUS. The 99SE Import Wizard gives control and visibility over the process of importing a 99SE design database into Altium NEXUS. Altium NEXUS stores files on the hard drive and now include the concept of the Project. Protel 99 SE uses the design database, or DDB, to store design files. It has yet to be updated for the look, feel and possible functionality changes found in the latest version of the software. This document has been imported from the old site.