BuddyCAD Viewer+ is a set of freeware applications for viewing/processing P-CAD files.
Copyright (c) 2014-2020 BuddyCAD.org / All rights reserved.
BuddyCAD Viewer+ contains following programs for Microsoft Windows platform (executed locally):
- BuddyCadShell.exe - GUI (graphics user interface) for launching other package programs.
- SCHVIEW.EXE - view electric schemas (binary SCH-files) + generate PLT-files.
- PCBVIEW.EXE - view printed circuit boards (binary PCB-files) + generate PLT-files.
Following programs of BuddyCAD Viewer+ are executed remotely (internet connection is required):
- PLOTVIEW.EXE - view plot files (binary PLT-files).
- BIN2PLOT.EXE - generate PLT-files from binary (SCH or PCB) files.
- PLOT2BIN.EXE - backward generate binary (SCH or PCB) files from PLT-files.
- PLOT2TIF.EXE - convert PLT-files to TIF format (standard binary format for printing on raster devices).
- PLOT2DXF.EXE - convert PLT-files to DXF format (standard text format for AutoCad drawings).
- BIN2PDIF.EXE - export schema/board from binary SCH/PCB-format to text PDIF-format.
- PDIF2BIN.EXE - import schema/board from text PDIF-format to binary SCH/PCB-format.
- IMP200X.EXE - import schema/board from P-CAD 200X ASCII-format to binary SCH/PCB-format.
SUPPORTED VERSIONS
BuddyCAD Viewer+ can view/process files for following P-CAD versions:
- P-CAD v4.5
- P-CAD v8.5 / v8.7 / v9.0
- P-CAD 99 / Accel / 2002 / 2004 / 2006 (through ASCII import)
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2014-2020 BuddyCAD.org / All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use are permitted with reproducing the above copyright
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OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED.
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PREREQUISITES
Following software should be installed on your local computer:
- Microsoft Windows 10 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP / 2012 / 2008 / 2003 / 2000
- Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (x86 or x64) or 3.5 (x86 or x64)
- Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable Package (x86 or x64)
DOWNLOADS
32-bit versions:
64-bit versions:
Demo samples:
Installation is not required. Just unzip archive to separate folder and run
BuddyCadShell.exe (GUI
for launching of all other applications). For fine tuning (change language, set black background, etc) you can edit configuration file BYCADWIN.CFG.
To run on Linux platforms you can use
Wine.
For viewing DXF-files we recommend
DWG FastView.
CHANGELOG
Rev. 1243 (November 11, 2020) - some fixes and improvements after testing with latest version of Wine.
Rev. 1218 (October 7, 2020) - minor fixes and some improvements.
Rev. 1203 (April 12, 2020) - a lot of fixes/improvements in TEXT[IN|OUT], eliminate false alert of Windows Defender for [SCH|PCB]VIEW and BuddyCadShell.
Rev. 1168 (February 10, 2020) - implement "common pins" logic and very large polygons processing in IMP200X.
Rev. 1139 (December 28, 2019) - fix in remote processing of large SCH/PCB files.
Rev. 1127 (December 12, 2019) - fixes/improvements in TEXT[IN|OUT] and IMP200X applications.
Rev. 1117 (May 31, 2019) - secure communication (SSL) with service, some improvements.
Rev. 1101 (May 16, 2019) - eliminate false alert of Windows Defender for [SCH|PCB]VIEW.
Rev. 1094 (April 21, 2019) - minor fixes and some improvements.
Rev. 1059 (September 26, 2018) - some more fixes for TEXT[IN|OUT] processing.
Rev. 1042 (September 7, 2018) - improvements and fixes for TEXT[IN|OUT] processing.
Rev. 1023 (June 2, 2018) - fixes for PLT-files processing.
Rev. 1008 (March 16, 2018) - a fix for filenames with non-ANSI symbols.
Rev. 997 (November 25, 2017) - a lot of improvements in IMP200X application.
Rev. 979 (November 14, 2017) - polygons processing is improved in PLOT2[TIF|DXF] & [SCH|PCB|PLOT]VIEW applications.
Rev. 885 (March 9, 2017) - a lot of fixes and improvements.
Rev. 804 (January 18, 2017) - a lot of fixes and improvements. Import from 200X (ASCII) is now available for 4.5.0.x & 8.5.0.x versions.
Rev. 768 (January 14, 2017) - a lot of fixes and improvements in 2006.0.x version.
Rev. 670 (December 23, 2016) - minor fixes and improvements.
Rev. 653 (September 3, 2016) - minor fixes and improvements.
Rev. 638 (May 6, 2016) - minor fixes and improvements.
Rev. 617 (April 26, 2016) - now includes 64-bit versions of all programs and separate downloads with demo samples.
Rev. 580 (April 15, 2016) - first public release of BuddyCAD Viewer+ (a set of freeware applications for viewing/processing P-CAD files).
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
'zlib' general purpose compression library // version 1.2.8, April 28, 2013
Copyright (C) 1995-2013 Jean-loup Gailly and Mark Adler
SharpZipLib for .NET Framework 2.0 / A free C# compression library
Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Mike Krueger, John Reilly
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