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Offline JPorticiTopic starter

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Need to provide ODB++. What is the need/advantage?
« on: December 20, 2016, 09:06:01 am »
Hi!
We received an email from our M&A fab that due to modernization and yada yada yada, they ask us to provide files in ODB++.
I never used anything else than gerber before and seemed perfect as far as manufacturing is concerned, so i went to read something about this ODB format, i failed to see the reald advantage (altough the files were beautifully structured in a folder after export).
 

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Re: Need to provide ODB++. What is the need/advantage?
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2016, 08:58:05 pm »
I know one place where the DFM and assembly (PnP programming, flying probe, whatever) exclusively use ODB++.

Easy enough to generate from any enterprise-grade software, but may not be available in lower tier and free software.

The format looks easy enough to reverse engineer (it's plain text ASCII, organized by folders, wrapped up in a .tgz), but I don't know if anyone's done the work.  Apparently, the companies behind it don't want an open implementation...  :-//

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Re: Need to provide ODB++. What is the need/advantage?
« Reply #2 on: December 31, 2016, 11:24:04 am »
There are some specifications for PCB CAM files, and I can see that various manufacturers are pushing more advanced file formats than Gerber, the old standby.
 

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Re: Need to provide ODB++. What is the need/advantage?
« Reply #3 on: December 31, 2016, 11:40:07 am »
ODB++ specification can be downloaded here after a free registration:

http://www.odb-sa.com/resources/

 


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