Re: Pspice to LTSpice/SwitcherCad schematic conversion?

On Sat, 30 Apr 2005 12:05:59 +0200, "Helmut Sennewald"
<helmutsennewald@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "analog" <analog@xxxxxxxx>
>Newsgroups: sci.electronics.design
>Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 5:55 AM
>Subject: Re: Pspice to LTSpice/SwitcherCad schematic conversion?
>
>
>>
>> Ben Bradley wrote:
>>>
>>> I'm rather new to using switchercad (I know, after years of it
>>> being mentioned here just about every day) but like the similation,
>>> but not the schematic entry user interface. I've got some schematics
>>> I've entered in Pspice Student version I'd like to simulate on
>>> Switchercad but don't like the idea of entering them a second time,
>>> especially in Switchercad's UI.
>>> Is there some utility that will convert schematics from Pspice to
>>> Switchercad?
>>
>> Have you tried opening Pspice schematics in LTspice? Try it and
>> report back what happens. :)
>
>Hallo "analog",
>
>Thanks for this reminder. I had forgotten that I heared of it.
>Now I tried it a few minutes ago with "example.sch" and I am
>deeply impressed! This has been a schematics from PSPICE 8.0.
>Ok, there is still a lot of manually rework necessary if it
>has to look professional, but it's a great starting point.
>I assume it only works with PSPICE8.0 schematics.
>
>Be aware to know where your PSPICE ini-file is located.
>Most probably it's "C:\windows\msim_eval.ini" .
>I am not sure how this file is named for the full version.
>Maybe it's "psice.ini" or "msim.ini".
>
>It's an undocumented feature. So we don't know that it
>will be forever in LTspice.
>
>Best regards,
>Helmut
>
>PS: I am not an employee of LT if that matters.
>
>LTspice/SwitcherCAD III is free SPICE with graphical
>user interface.
>www.linear.com
>
>There is an independent user group for LTspice.
>http://groups.yahoo.com/
>

Cute! I can now post some of my stuff in LTspice form!

However I couldn't figure out how to descend into a hierarchical
block.

I opened a v10.3 schematic... keeping in mind, for the youngsters, I
still use Schematics, which is still the old original MicroSim marvel.
I DON'T USE OrCAD Capture (gag me with a spoon :)

...Jim Thompson
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