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Posted by on July 31, 2008, 7:33 pm
Please log in for more thread options 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 by Joerg on July 31, 2008, 8:17 pm
Please log in for more thread options Nope :-( All you have is the common Gerber format for the final product. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by on July 31, 2008, 9:27 pm
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Ok then. Thanks,
> Nope :-( > > All you have is the common Gerber format for the final product. > Larry | |||||||||||||
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Posted by JeffM on July 31, 2008, 10:03 pm
Please log in for more thread options la...@gluelogix.com wrote:
> 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? 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 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-*-*-*-* . . 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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Posted by Joerg on August 1, 2008, 2:06 pm
Please log in for more thread options JeffM wrote:
> la...@gluelogix.com wrote:
>> 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? >
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
> Brad Velander gave the best explanation of this I've seen: > >
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
> Another good thread on this: > >
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-*-*-*-*
> Here's what could have (and SHOULD have) been: > >
This whole EDIF effort has miserably failed. My guess is that the EDA companies did not want it, everyone wants to cook their own soup and not tell the competition anything. Sad, actually. Without wanting to brag, in the medical device industry we did a lot better. I sent our SW manager to regular DICOM meetings. So did our competitors. That takes guts because here you have SW managers and engineers of nearly all competitors sit around a table, go to the pub together at night, chat, talk, becoming friends. This increased the risk of a valuable employee being snatched away by a competitor. But: That did not happen. Instead we now have one common standard that allows hospitals to exchange data regardless of make, type or model of a machine. _That_ is how it ought to be. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. | |||||||||||||
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> 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?