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 Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: data interchange format for board layout? |
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Is there a data interchange format in the circuit board layout
industry comparable to DXF in the mechanical CAD world?
I use Gnu PCB for my company>s designs, but I>m getting into a
collaborative project with another guy who uses Mentor Graphics. I
want to lay out my part of the design and pass that to my client, who
will add the analog parts and get the whole board fabbed.
If we were collaborating on the enclosure, we could use DXF as the
interchange format.
Is there any comparable, common format in the world of PCB layout? |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 1:27 am Post subject: Re: data interchange format for board layout? |
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On Jul 31, 8:17 pm, Joerg <notthisjoerg...@removethispacbell.net>
wrote:
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Nope :-(
All you have is the common Gerber format for the final product.
Ok then. Thanks,[/quote]
Larry |
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 2:03 am Post subject: Re: data interchange format for board layout? |
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la...@gluelogix.com wrote:
[quote]Is there a data interchange format in the circuit board layout
industry comparable to DXF in the mechanical CAD world?
I use Gnu PCB for my company>s designs, but I>m getting into a
collaborative project with another guy who uses Mentor Graphics. I
want to lay out my part of the design and pass that to my client, who
will add the analog parts and get the whole board fabbed.
If we were collaborating on the enclosure, we could use DXF as the
interchange format.
Is there any comparable, common format in the world of PCB layout?
[/quote]
Brad Velander gave the best explanation of this I>ve seen:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/browse_frm/thread/f85d28a336c67dae/7a528d64a1391bbb?q=*-*-have-equivalents-in-*-other-packages+supports+magical.tool+doesn>t+flawed+limitations-*-what-will-import-successfully+retrieve-data+*-*-*-limited-*-list-of-compatible-versions+zz-zz+qq-qq+exist
news:napig.6067$IK3.4863@pd7tw1no
Another good thread on this:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/browse_frm/thread/b20fcdf704044b8b/b6849e452e463026?q=*-*-created-by-*-*-COMMITTEE+*-*-almost-the-same-effort-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*+they-all-think-*-they>re-Microsoft+*-Software-companies-don>t-want-you-*-*-*-to-translate-between-tools+zzz+*-nasty-cost+3rd-party-*+turf-battle
Here>s what could have (and SHOULD have) been:
http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_frm/thread/afc5007ff80f869a/591354e47bc759d4?q=*-*-*-good-one+ODF+a-standard-format+proprietary+*-bugs-me+a.protocol+National-Bureau-*-*+magic-*+zzz+*-*-*-*-send-documents-to-*-government-*-*-*-*
news:dfa04c24-c375-4b71-a792-4570f91011c1@d4g2000prg.googlegroups.com
..
..
Since you>re accessing Usenet thru Google Groups,
haven>t you noticed how usernames get borked
when they>re email addresses?
SUBSCRIBING to the groups where you post
and using a username with NO DOMAIN in it
makes it look like you know what you>re doing.
http://groups.google.com/groups/mysubs |
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Joerg
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| Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2008 5:17 am Post subject: Re: data interchange format for board layout? |
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larry@gluelogix.com wrote:
[quote]Is there a data interchange format in the circuit board layout
industry comparable to DXF in the mechanical CAD world?
I use Gnu PCB for my company>s designs, but I>m getting into a
collaborative project with another guy who uses Mentor Graphics. I
want to lay out my part of the design and pass that to my client, who
will add the analog parts and get the whole board fabbed.
If we were collaborating on the enclosure, we could use DXF as the
interchange format.
Is there any comparable, common format in the world of PCB layout?
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Nope :-(
All you have is the common Gerber format for the final product.
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Regards, Joerg
http://www.analogconsultants.com/
"gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam.
Use another domain or send PM. |
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