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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:
> I could give at try on the schematics I have and check if export function work on these. That's basicallyt the only thing I could do.
>
> On Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:04:22 +0200
> "Bert Timmerman (bert DOT timmerman AT xs4all DOT nl) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"<geda-user AT delorie DOT com>  wrote:
>
>    
>> 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.
>>      
Hi Nicklas,

It's for pcb, so please test on a layout ;-)

Thanks and kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.