pcb-rnd - user manual

7.1 IO plugins

7.1.2 io_pcb

Historically geda/PCB is the predecessor of pcb-rnd, but pcb-rnd has switched native file format during the big data model rewrite (2016..2017). This means the old geda/PCB file formats (board and element) are supported only as alien file formats, with the usual alien format limitations.

At the moment pcb-rnd supports loading files up to geda/PCB version 4.3 (file version 20180318). This includes loading the latest additions of blind/buried vias, center-specified pads and mask value in routing style. When saving in this format, pcb-rnd will pick a much older format version, see limitations below.

Extras in pcb-rnd:

Limitations in pcb-rnd: