KiCad 8.0 interoperability with other EDA tools. Next conquering object may be Allegro/OrCad?

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ChrisJC, does this answer your question?

Can I export or convert a KiCad project to another EDA format (Altium, Mentor, Zuken, OrCAD etc.)?

No, KiCad doesn’t natively export to other formats for other EDA software packages, at least for the time being. There are at least two practical reasons for that. First, most commercial EDA file formats are closed, i.e. secret. It’s very difficult and time consuming to reverse engineer such a format. (This is a problem for all kinds of software, not just KiCad or EDA.) Second, the development resources must be focused into areas which are the most important for KiCad project. The resources …