how to import /export emn &emp file in Pr

[sr_dur]

Dear All,
Iam new to this forum and my greetings to all members of
this forum.

Actually i am a moderate user of Proe4.There is a
requirement from one of my customer.I was given a emn and
emp file and they asked me to import those files in Proe4.
I have no idea about this file format could any one help me
or send me any document about how to import and export
these files.
Thanks.
Sridharan.K

 

[kenwi1]

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[sr_dur]

Hi Ken,
Thanks for your response,i did try the above steps.when i
import the emn file in pro-e it says
ECAD file was imported and in the next step it says
Loading hole charts ,i was waiting for this process to
complete finally it ends up with not responding.

I have attached the Zip file which contains emn & emp
Could you please help me to open and see whether you can
import these files.
file<a target="_blank" href="uploads/srdur/2012-06-
<br / target="_blank">07_040642_refwts6974_voic_card_revastep.zip">2012-06-
07_040642_refwts6974_voic_card_revastep.zip</a>

 

[telecomguy]

Thiscan take a long time because PCB designers love to punch vias everywhere. You can text edit the .emn file and delete all the VIA lines. Search the .emn file for ".DRILLED_HOLES".I would delete all the lines that end in "VIA UNOWNED" and try again. Of course save a copy of the original before you do any editing.


PS. I've got a batch file somewhere that scripts this when I'm doing alot of importing/exporting.
Edited by: telecomguy

 

[sr_dur]

Thanks tele.It works now.I can able to import the emn file.

 

[D. Urban]

Just to speed pro/e up, dont import vias:
ecad_via_hole_import no

and keep mounting holes etc.
ecad_import_holes_as_features no

 

[telecomguy]

No fair. Was that option always there? I guess I've always leaned towards doing things the hard way. lol