How to convert schematic of kicad to Altium design

Schematic
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i wanna convert schematic of kicad to Altium design format, but
how to do this?

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Step 1: convince Altium to publish their file formats
Step 2: find someone willing to code export functionality into kicad or write a standalone tool
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But seriously, main issue here is that Altium files have proprietary format so only they can actually write a converter but they are not going to do it until KiCad gains much larger market share among pro EE devs.

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altium2kicad can convert schematic of Altium design to kicad, Does it mean that Altium design formats are known by this Developers of altium2kicad. and also they can Reverse the process?

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Judging by the readme on their github they reverse engineered some bits of the format. If you look at issues there are lots of limitations and unsupported features. I’ll leave it to you to judge the quality of such converter.

Ask them: https://github.com/thesourcerer8/altium2kicad/issues

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ok thanks for ur help

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With KiCad you can back import a substancial chunk of a PCB via the Gerbers.
Maybe there is something you can do via autoruter/ sprectre / .dsn format in Altium, but I’m just guessing here.

Questions about altium come up every now and then on this forum. Have you done a search here?https://forum.kicad.info/search?q=altium

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If you have paid for Altium, you can ask their support department. KiCad is publically documented, so they and only they can write an importer

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