Guide - Altium-r- To Xpedition-r- Translator User

If your team is currently migrating from Altium Designer to Siemens Xpedition (formerly Mentor Graphics), you know the pain point: How do I move this database without losing my layer stacks, rules, or component placements?

Enter the .

You can script the translation via the command line (using pcbtrans commands). This allows you to map Altium layer pairs (e.g., "Top Paste" to "SMD_Paste_Top") automatically across thousands of files. It’s dry reading, but it is the difference between a 3-month migration and a 3-day migration. Is the translation perfect? No. You will still need to re-route some high-speed differential pairs and re-validate your power planes. However, the Altium-to-Xpedition translator has matured significantly. altium-R- to xpedition-R- translator user guide

In an ideal world, every PCB would be designed from start to finish in a single EDA tool. But reality is messy. Mergers, acquisitions, supply chain shifts, or simply a corporate decision to move from a mid-tier solution to an enterprise platform often leave engineers with a mountain of legacy .PcbDoc files that need to live in an Xpedition environment. If your team is currently migrating from Altium