3 extension(s) and 0 alias(es) in our database
Global DSN Operator The Global DSN operator service will no longer be available. Please consult the DSN Base Directory on these web pages or use DSN toll free dialing (94+ toll free number). Contact DSN to include your organization in the directory, or to notify us of any changes.
Below, you can find answers to the following questions:
- What is the .dsn file?
- Which program can create the .dsn file?
- Where can you find a description of the .dsn format?
- What can convert .dsn files to a different format?
- Which MIME-type is associated with the .dsn extension?
ODBC Data Source Name
DSN file is a ODBC Data Source Name. Data Source Name (DSN) is a data structure that contains the information about a specific database that an Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) driver needs in order to connect to it. DSN file contains the relevant information within a text file.
Category: Data files
Application: -
Mime-type: application/octet-stream
Magic string (ASCII): -
-
File DSNs
-
SPECCTRA Design File
DSN file is a SPECCTRA Design File. SPECCTRA is the most used product for automatic pcb routing. Its shape based routing technology can be added to most pcb tools on the market like OrCAD and Allegro.
Category: Data files
Program name: -
Magic bytes (HEX): -
Aliases:
Links:
Related extensions:
SPECCTRA Session File
Proteus Electronics Design
DSN file is a Proteus Electronics Design. Proteus is a design software developed by Labcenter Electronics for electronic circuit simulation, schematic capture and PCB design.
Category: Document files
Program name: -
Magic bytes (HEX): -
Aliases:
Links:
Related extensions:
Proteus Project
Proteus Project Backup
Other types of files may also use the .dsn file extension. If you have helpful information about .dsn extension, write to us!
Is it possible that the filename extension is misspelled?
We found the following similar extensions in our database:
Reason Project
Adobe Dreamweaver Code Snippet Data
Cisco Router Firmware Update
DAZ Studio Binary Script
VivoSense Data
Microsoft Windows DNS Server Database
Shareware Distributors Network
Race Studio 2 Custom Sensors Data
Fujitsu DexNet 200 Fax Document
The .dsn filename extension is often given incorrectly!
According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:
rsn (13), ssn (1), csn (1), sdn (1), fsn (1), dxn (1), dsm (1), dsh (1), dsb (1), xsn (1), dns (1), vsn (1), dcn (1), sn (1), esn (1)
Can't open a .dsn file?
If you want to open a .dsn file on your computer, you just need to have the appropriate program installed. If the .dsn association isn't set correctly, you may receive the following error message:
Windows can't open this file:
File: example.dsn
To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.
File: example.dsn
To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.
To change file associations:
- Right-click a file with the extension whose association you want to change, and then click Open With.
- In the Open With dialog box, click the program whith which you want the file to open, or click Browse to locate the program that you want.
- Select the Always use the selected program to open this kind of file check box.
Supported operating systems
Windows Server 2003/2008/2012/2016, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10, Linux, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS X, iOS, Android
Rate this page
DSO file extension »
How to convert design information from one file format to a different one
prev: PWB_release.htm -- next: protel_customize.htm#customize
(This page talks about converting files representing a PWB from one formatto another file format. To convert that file to an actual physical PWB, see /techref/pcbfabs.htm )
There are tons of different CAD applications out there. ( ../pcbcads.htm ) If only it were easy totake information from one to the next, we could use each application forwhat it's best at. Why does each application need to have it's own slightlydifferent email section ?
I'm listing the PWB CAD formats I'm most familiar with here. Feel free toadd conversion tips for mechanical CAD and other CAD file formats. (Is therea file on massmind.org about converting between other file formats -- enhancedtext, music, etc ?)
scottz at clearviewcatv.net asks: ' How to convert dwg files to pdf format?
What software do I need and what are the steps?'
What software do I need and what are the steps?'
file view utilities
- Freeware utilities which can *preview* and *print* DXF and/or DWG files... The usage of these would at least give you an indication of what a DXF file should look like after importing this into Protel (and provide some indication of the type of measurement units being used, etc). -- 'Geoff Harland' on 2001-01-31 06:50:49 PM
- 'Volo(TM) View Express http://www.autodesk.com/prods/volo/download.htm
- Turbocad (2D and/or LT) http://www.turbocad.com/
- Intellicad (2000) http://www.cadopia.com/
- View32 http://www.fastcad.com/
... Regards, Geoff Harland. ... - GSview and Ghostscript http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/ | http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/ (for viewing PostScript files, those files that end in '.ps' and '.eps' and '.pdf').
- [lots of other proprietary formats have freeware file viewers ... do i need to links *all* of them here ?]
Protel to Orcad, Orcad to Protel, etc.
If you are switching from some other tool to Protel or back again, it wouldbe nice if you could get all your schematics and PWB layouts into Proteland out again.
Protel to Orcad, Orcad to Protel, etc.
Converting your schematic into various file formats.
Converting your PWB layout into various file formats. [FIXME: should convertingto '.pdf' files go here ?]
Gerber to Protel
Q: [Can] Protel ... import gerber files from another design and turn it intoa protel pcb? -- Brad Marshall
A: Camtastic http://www.camtastic.com/en/ (now bundled with Protel) can view most any Gerber file then translateit into the particular Gerber format Protel PCB editor can read. See
BMP to Gerber; BMP to Protel
Q: I have a client who has a very old board ... [no gerber files] but hedoes have unpopulated pcb's. Does anyone know an easy way to generate Gerberfiles possibly with a scanner or something? -- Gary Allbee 2000-11-27
A1: Try Artnet http://www.artnet-tech.com/scan.htm . I have used them to scan filmsto make gerber files, then turned the gerbers into a circuit board. It workedwell. They say they can scan actual PCBs. -- Vince Vlach 2000-11-28
A2: After scanning in the board, try this:
I photographed the board with a digital camera, processed the image to increase contrast and to scale it properly, and then imported the graphics file onto a mech layer in Protel using ... [ the BMP to Protel converter http://www.egroups.com/files/protel-users/Convert.zip produces polygons for the shaded areas of the BMP. ] ...
[Using that as a template,] I then placed parts and drew track to reconstruct the PCB. A net list was generated from the PCB and marked off against the schematic to find the few errors that were made in interpreting the image. In several places the actual PCB did not match the schematic, even though the board worked. That was not uncommon in the old days....
It is less expensive than doing a new design, but not a *whole* lot less.
-- Abd ul-Rahman Lomax 2000-11-27 07
I did it once this way. I had a only the film of a pcb and I had to do some modifications. ... scan ... Then I converted the bitmap with PCBLogo to a pcb-file. This looked already quite fine, but it wasn't exactly on scale. So I moved all the fills (PCBLogo converts to fills) to a mech-layer and draw the pcb on the copper layer and did the modifications. This PCB is now in mass production.
-- Edi Im Hof 2000-11-28 http://www.ihe.ch
'.pdf' to Protel
Often component manufacturers have a ``reference design' in Adobe's '.pdf'format.
Yuri V.Potapoff on 2001-07-31 08:46:06 AMwrote:
Protel to Orcad
'Abd ul-Rahman Lomax' on 2001-06-18 03:15:52 PMwrote:
Orcad to Protel
Protel will load Orcad Capture version 9 DSN files. If you look at a OrCADfile with a text editor, you usually can see the version near the beginning.
If you have some earlier version of Orcad DSN file, use eCapture 9.2 fromhttp://www.spincircuit.com/download.html to load it in and write itout to version 9.
DXF to Protel
(see also microwave circuit layout tips #microwave )
import a DXF into an open PCB file. If you import the DXF into the database and try to open it then it does just stuff Protel. The DXF/DWG import into PCB is still not the most reliable of creatures even so. ... Usual Protel DXF import rules apply: everything MUST be in the positive quadrant and all must fit within the 100'x100' limits of the PCB.
-- Rob Malos on 2001-01-31 02:27:53 PM ....
Watch for the 'scale bug'. Sometimes Protel makes a file 24.5 times too big(or small ?). This seems to be a bug in the Imperial-->Metric conversion.
Sometimes when Protel doesn't want to import a DXF file, you can open itin Camtastic, then do 'Open | Save' to create a ``new' DXF file that Protelwill accept. [tip from Darren Moore]
Protel to DXF / DWG
It's very easy to export Protel schematics and PWB layouts to Autocad DXFor DWG format. Then people can use freeware DXF / DWG viewers #dxf_viewers to view it, zoom in and out, etc.,as well as importing it into most mechanical design packages to make surethe connectors, etc. on your board line up with the mechanical case.
While looking at the PWB layout, choose ``File | Export', navigate to whereyou want the DXF file, type in an appropriate filename, hit ``Save', thenyou'll get a dialog box. Choose DXF (or DWG) and you can change a few otheroptions. Then hit ``OK' and it's saved.
DAV: I prefer to export to '.dxf' format rather than '.dwg', because theexact same file in '.dxf.zip' format is smaller than in '.dwg.zip' format.
- Q: We use AutoCAD to make assembly drawings. But PWBs exported from Protel (either directly to DXF, or through Gerber file then using Camtastic to convert to DXF) are dirt slow to manipulate in Protel. How can I speed up document creation ? (paraphrased) -- Steve Allen A1: I make my assembly drawings in Protel, then export directly to PDF. -- several peopleA2: ``Before exporting from Protel make a scratch copy of the board, and then perform global edits on Tracks, Text, Designators, and Arcs that change the line width to 0. This greatly reduces the file size and redraw time. You also may want to change the linewidth of all Multilayer holes to 0 width in Autocad to get them to look a bit better.' -- Andy Lintz on 2001-04-02
before exporting to any DXF/DWG I make everything 0 mil.
This has another *major* benefit that the CAD snap points work correctly. A 10 mil wide track in Protel is made as a polygon in DXF/DWg which is no good for snapping to. You do need to make sure that the centre of you mech layer tracks is your PCB edge etc.Also, I seem to recall that pads and holes etc are rendered in a very inefficient method - shown as filled (I do not know a better way of doing a filled circle in DXF/DWG mind you). To fix, once imported in my CAD package, I delete almost all the pads and vias - this makes a big difference. I will often place an arc on a mech layer around critical holes in the PCB - to shown the holes size and location and then make sure 'export pads and via holes' is not checked - this helps keep the file size down.I would like the option to export everything in draft mode to prevent this blow-up in file size and slow down in redraw. Everything would be exported as 0 thickness and pads/vias etc would not be filled (just arcs showing the copper annulus and hole size)..... ....I hate having to do global search and replace to set everything to 0 thickness - that is why I would like an 'Everything-Exported-as-Zero-Thickness' ACAD export option.Dimensioning errors due to snapping to vertices of polylines simulating non-zero line thickness may be small but are a source of confusion and sometimes can cause critical placement problems (step and repeat errors on panels might be one example).A zero mil wide Protel track exports to ACAD with no-endcap and correct vertex snap points - this has made my dimensioning and export-to-industrial-designers life much easier and more accurate. As well as making my mech CAD program fly.-- Ian Wilson on 2001-04-02 05:32:45 PM Ian Wilson on 2001-04-02 07:53:33 PM
CadSTAR to Protel
'Steve Fallon' on 2001-08-02 10:33:12 PMwrote:
other conversions
- Does http://www.intercept.com/ still do translations ?
- Router Solutions, Inc http://rsi-inc.com/ has tools for lots of different CAD tool conversions
- Abd ul-Rahman Lomax on 2002-02-08 wrote: ... a file format description, and I've uploaded it to the filespace for this list (which is a members-only space).It's copyrighted by Protel ...[email protected] Abdulrahman Lomax
- Q: How do I move a PADs layout to Protel ? A:-- Mark Geddes 2000-11-27
end http://massmind.org/techref/app/format_conversion.htm
Questions:
- How can i convert .pcb file to .asc(ascii { pads disign}) file.
What software need to use and how's the step.
thanks+ - SPAMmandyni_pink88spam at KILLspamhotmail.com asks: ' does anyone know of software to export .dsn files to protel form?' +
- SPAMwayle45spam at KILLspamnetzero.com asks: ' Does anyone know of software to convert PDF to Gerber?' +
- Anyone able to help with a software to convert component centre locations from Gerber data '.gbr' files to a simple .txt document listing X and Y offsetts, rotation and location name?+
Comments:
- SPAMvimalkumar2009spam at KILLspamgmail.com ' Hi i want to convert the schematic from dxdesigner to orcad Capture i nee a solution for this please give me the solution' +
See also:
- SPAMswannmanspam at KILLspammac.com refers to ' http://swannman.wordpress.com/projects/pdf2gerb/ Here's a tool I created to convert PDF files to Gerber + NC Drill format, which answers the question above...' +
file: /Techref/app/format_conversion.htm, 18KB, , updated: 2015/3/29 20:37, local time: 2020/2/4 02:31, owner: DAV-MP-E62a, 88.99.2.89:LOG IN |
©2020 These pages are served without commercial sponsorship. (No popup ads, etc...).Bandwidth abuse increases hosting cost forcing sponsorship or shutdown. This server aggressively defends against automated copying for any reason including offline viewing, duplication, etc... Please respect this requirement and DO NOT RIP THIS SITE. Questions? Please DO link to this page! Digg it! / MAKE! / <A HREF='http://www.piclist.com/techref/app/format_conversion.htm'> How to convert design information from one file format to a different one </A> |
Did you find what you needed? |
PICList 2020contributors: o List host: MIT, Site host massmind.org, Top posters @20200204 RussellMc,Bob Blick,Sean Breheny,Jason White,Allen Mulvey,David C Brown,Ryan O'Connor,Jim,Neil,Christopher Head, * Page Editors: James Newton, David Cary, and YOU! * Roman Black of Black Robotics donates from sales of Linistep stepper controller kits. * Ashley Roll of Digital Nemesis donates from sales of RCL-1 RS232 to TTL converters. * Monthly Subscribers: Gregg Rew. on-going support is MOST appreciated! * Contributors: Richard Seriani, Sr. |
Welcome to www.piclist.com! |
.