A Gerber PCB file is encoded and compressed with specifications used by software developed for creating and editing Printed Circuit Board (PCB) designs and layouts, and this file is classified as a CAD file, while these PCB design applications are categorized as CAD software. Right-click on any PCB file and then click 'Open with' 'Choose another app'. Now select another program and check the box 'Always use this app to open.PCB files'. Update your software that should actually open or Protel Printed Circuit Board Files.
After double-clicking on the unknown file icon, the system should open it in the default software that supports it. If this does not happen, download and install the DesignWorks software and then manually associate the file with it.
If there is no DesignWorks or similar software in the system that supports files with the PCB extension, you must first download and install it. Below you will find a list of the most-used applications that work with PCB. After going to the subpage of the program you will find a link to the developer's website, where you can safely download the software installer.
If the user already has one of the applications installed, the next step will be to associate it with the file extension PCB. This can be done in two ways - one is to manually edit the Windows Registry and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT keys. The second way is simpler and definitely recommended for less advanced users.
Remember! Manually editing the system registry is only recommended for advanced users, and changes made to it without proper knowledge may result in damage to the system.
Sometimes it happens that despite having the right application and the correct configuration, there are still problems with opening the PCB files. You should then find out what is the reason of the problem.
When all of the above methods have failed, it remains to contact an IT specialist or developers of the DESIGNWORKS program.
Many people share .pcb files without attaching instructions on how to use it. Yet it isn’t evident for everyone which program a .pcb file can be edited, converted or printed with. On this page, we try to provide assistance for handling .pcb files.
2 filename extension(s) found in our database.
The PCB other files are related to Microsoft PowerPoint. PCB file is a Microsoft PowerPoint Data. PowerPoint stores all the changes that you make to its menus and toolbars in a PCB file.
The PCB data files are related to SmartCAM. PCB file is a SmartCAM Custom Control Panel File. SmartCAM is a suite of Computer-Aided Manufacturing and CAD/CAM software applications that uses toolpath modeling to assist CNC machinists in creating computer-numerically controlled (CNC) programs that direct CNC machine tools.
Naturally, other applications may also use the .pcb file extension. Even harmful programs can create .pcb files. Be especially cautious with .pcb files coming from an unknown source!
When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message:
Windows can't open this file:
example.pcb
To open this file, Windows needs to know what program you want to use to open it. Windows can go online to look it up automatically, or you can manually select one from a list of programs that are installed on your computer.
To avoid this error, you need to set the file association correctly.
According to the searches on our site, these misspellings were the most common in the past year:
cb, cpb, lcb, ocb, pb, pbc, pc, pcf, pcg, pch, pcn, pcv, pdb, pfb, psb
Similar file extensions in our database:
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