Input file
BRD
- Full Name: EAGLE Circuit Board Format
- Developer: CadSoft
Output file
SCH
- Full Name: CAD Schematics Format
- Developer: N/A
What is BRD file?
The .BRD file extension, also known as the EAGLE Circuit Board file, is a board layout design file used by EAGLE—a schematic editor and PCB (Printed Circuit Board) routing tool. The BRD file is divided into two sections; the Schematic Editor section which holds the circuit components’ information, the layer connectivity and the pin routing, and the Board Layout Editor section which holds all of the graphic shapes and other design elements. [ ⏩ ] BRD file extension
What is SCH file?
The SCH file extension is used to store electronic circuit designs created with Altium Designer software, a powerful computer-aided design (CAD) program for printed circuit board layout. Altium Designer is a comprehensive system that provides a unified user interface and complete solution for the entire electronics design process. SCH files are generated in an ASCII text format and have similar characteristics to GDS circuit layout files. [ ⏩ ] SCH file extension
Software, that you can use to convert
How to convert the file from BRD to SCH?
To successfully convert the BRD file to SCH, you should install one of the applications from the list. After installing the software, open the program and select the file you want to convert (file-name.BRD). The next step is to select the target format from the list, in this case SCH (usually converters allow you to convert to several different formats, so check out their features - maybe one of the available formats will suit you more than SCH).
What is a file conversion?
A data conversion is normally an automated process to some extent. The effect of the operation of one program is automatically the input product of another application. If that does not happen we need to help the process a little bit and convert the file on our own, e.g. BRD to SCH. To obtain a matched structure of the data, it is necessary to use an appropriate converter.
Program for converting BRD files to SCH files is a kind of a "binary code translator" compensating for the differences in the code or translating it in such a way so that another application could use it. For us, as users, the visible change will be only another file extension. (After converting the file, it will be the extension SCH, while before this step we had the BRD file). For the programs, the difference is on a much higher level – either the application will be able to open a new SCH file, or not.