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I stop after the first import since I just get a mess of tracks and pads.
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The way I've been trying to do the import of Gerber files into an Altium Designer PCB document is that I open a new PCB document and then I import one Gerber file at a time by choosing File->Import->Gerber File. I also tried to export new Gerber files from CAMtastic and then import them into an Altium Designer PCB document but I had no luck with that. I have also imported the Gerber files into CAMtastic (the built in Gerber viewer in Altium Designer) and the design looks like it is supposed to. I have opened the Mentor PADS PCB file into the free Mentor PADS viewer and the design looks like it is supposed to.
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The result is not right at all, there is just a mess of top layer copper. Therefore I tried to import the Gerber files into an Altium layout document. Altium designer can only import ASCII type Mentor PADS PCB files and I don't have access to conversion tools for converting from PADS binary format to PADS ASCII format. Since the Mentor PADS PCB file is of binary type I can't import it into an Altium Designer layout document. The ECAD system I'm using is Altium Designer 15.1. The design files contains a Mentor Pads PCB file but also Gerber files. The design containing this PCB spiral is a reference design from Linear Technologies and there are design files available for download here (clicking link will download a.
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Has anyone here knowledge on how to import Gerber files into an Altium Designer layout? I would like to import Gerber files into an Altium Designer PCB document for re-using an in-PCB spiral inductor but the importer fails to interpret the Gerber files in a correct way.