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Cabling Bridge Files

Input and output file formats Cabling Bridge reads and writes when converting schematic data to Neutral Wire Format.

Cabling Bridge reads schematic files and writes Creo Cabling logical data. Run the command with Cabling Bridge. Worked jobs are on Cabling Bridge Examples.

This page is which files to pick. It is not a dump of internal test fixtures.

Which file to use

Extension

Dialog control

What it is

.net

Select NET File:

Altium netlist. Required for Altium conversion.

.htm

Select HTM File:

Altium HTML bill of materials. Required with the netlist so connectors, spools, and parameters can be resolved.

.nwf

Select Output File

Neutral Wire Format written by CONVERT. Import this as Creo Cabling logical data, or pass it as -INPUT= to AutoRouting on the command line.

Altium pair

Export both files from the same Altium project:

  • Netlist as .net (wires, nets, from/to pins).

  • BOM as .htm (component identifiers that map to Creo models and spool names).

Save the Neutral Wire Format next to the project, with a name your CAD admin will recognize (for example PANEL-01.nwf). Encoding should be the encoding Altium wrote; do not hand-edit binary or proprietary Altium archives into this dialog.

Not converted here

  • Select Software may list AutoCAD Electrical, EPLAN, and WSCAD. Those converters are not available in this dialog yet. Choosing them and CONVERT shows: Software Bridge not yet supported!

  • AutoCAD Electrical XML belongs on Cabling Auto Routing (Select Input File), not Bridge.

  • Creo Schematics XML is a logical-data format for Auto Routing (command line) and Compare Logical Data. It is not a Bridge input.