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Subject: Re: [geda-user] IPC-D-356 netlister for pcb
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Nicklas Karlsson (nicklas DOT karlsson17 AT gmail DOT com) [via 
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>> ...
>> Purpose:
>> The IPC-D-356 format was designed to define a standard netlist format by
>> which bare
>> board test information can be represented. In the simplest of forms,
>> this means it must be
>> able to store netlist information along with XY coordinates, and even
>> reference
>> designators and pin numbers (if they exist). I feel like ending this
>> article here before it
>> gets unmanageable, but then Pete Waddell wouldn’t be happy, so let’s
>> proceed. If all the
>> information that a test system would need to know to verify and test a
>> bare board could
>> be represented in a single file, it would bring consistency to the
>> testing world. IPC-D-
>> 356 does just that.
>>
>> Does it work?
>> Yes. You will find that virtually all the test equipment manufacturers
>> either support the
>>      
> Then it sounds like a really good idea to implement it.
>
>    
>> IPC-D-356 format now, or are in the process of supporting it. Are there
>> problems with
>> it? Of course. Certain special pad types are not supported and additions
>> could be made
>> which would assist computer aided repair stations, but all in all it’s
>> pretty good.
>>      
>    
Hello list members,

As a reminder on the netlist exporter which still lives in a topic 
branch for now:

http://git.geda-project.org/pcb/log/?h=home/bert/LP996319

Are there any users interested in this feature, and are willing to spend 
some time/effort to do a test run on this feature ?

I like to have some positive feedback, or acknowledgement, before 
merging this feature.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.