SMA FILE FORMAT SPECIFICATION

				
HISTORY_CODE  Application   REV          O/S        REV 
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 AUTOSKTCH/DOS   AUTOSKTCH  3.0          DOS        6.X            
 TEXT            ENGLISH    0.0          UNIX       0.0            
 ENVISIONTI/DOS  ENVISION T 3.0          DOS        6.X            
 EXCEL/DOS       EXCEL      5.0          DOS        6.X            
 FUTURENET/DOS   FUTURENET  5.0          DOS        X.X            
 IDEAS/ASC       IDEAS      0.0          ANY        0.0            
 IDEAS/IRX       IDEAS      6.0          IRX        4.X            
 IDEAS/VMS       IDEAS      6.0          VMS        5.X            
 ISLWRITE/UNIX   ISLANDWRIT 4.0          UNIX       4.X            
 PADS2000/DOS    PADS2000   0.0          DOS        6.X            
 CAD/DOS         PCBinary   0.0          DOS        6.X            
 SCHEMA/DOS      SCHEMA     3.x          DOS        6.X            
 SCHEMAPCB/DOS   SCHEMA/PAD 5.0          DOS        6.X            
 VIEWLOGIC/SUN   VIEW/DRAW  5.X          UNIX       4.X            
 WP/DOS          WordPerf   5.x          DOS        6.X            

EXTENSION	FORMAT		NOTES
SMA#.Z		SUN Compress	See File_storage information
ASC		ASCII 		Platform Compatible.
HP5743		HP/ASCII	HP format (plotter)

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 Host Name   Hardware   OS/Version              Ideas/Version
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 cfasg1         SGI     IRIX/4.0.1              VI
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 cfasg3         SGI     IRIX/4.0.1              VI
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 cfasg4         SGI     IRIX/4.0.1              1.3c
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 cfasg8         SGI     IRIX/4.0.5H             VI
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 cfasg9         SGI     IRIX/4.0.1              1.3c
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 cfasg10        SGI     IRIX/4.0.5H             1.3c
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 nod            SGI     IRIX/4.0.5H             VI
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 sma2           SUN     Solaris/5.3             1.3c
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1. Files are not backward compatible with previous versions of IDEAS.
2. For "Drafting" in the "Startup" window choose the *.dwg you want to bring into the new version and Ideas will perform the conversion.
3. When using the "Master Series" Models:
   • From sun to sgi or vice versa:
     • From the source machine, select File...Export...Archive.
     • From the target machine, select File...Import...Archive.
   • From VI (6.1) to 1.3 or 2.0:
     • From the source machine, select File...Export...Universal.
     • From the target machine (1.3), select File...Import...Universal.

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   SCHEMA, PADS2000, MSWord, Excel and other PC File Extensions

   Note: FutureNet applications are no longer available. 
   
   However, FuturenNet File Formats are retrievable in PADS2000 applications.
   
   EXTENSION	FORMAT		NOTES
   aad				Aperture Assembly
   ap#				Aperture File 
   cfg,p##,lbr			Schematic Files
   doc		data		Word
   gad				Gerber Assembly
   gb#				Gerber File
   gif 		binary		Bitmap Graphic Interchange Format
   html,htm	text		Hypertext Markup Language (Web Doc)
   hpgl,postscript	binary		HP Plot Files
   job,dat		binary		PCB Config Files
   jpg/jpeg	binary		Bitmap Joint Picture Expert Group (compressed)
   pdf		binary		Adobe Acrobat
   pho				Photo Plot Files
   pl				Parts List/BOM
   ps        	binary		Postscript Files
   readme.txt	Text		SMA Notes		
   sm				Solder Mask
   ssb				Silkscreen Bottom
   sst				Silkscreen Top
   vpj				ViewDraw Schematic
   vsd				Visio (Microsoft)
   xls		data		Excel
   zip		binary		Compressed Package PKZIP
   

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   Please forward any comments regarding this specification to  pmailhot@cfa.harvard.edu

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