Hi technos, lately I noticed the group is getting smaller, 1011 recipients, but since the quality of the forum did not diminish, I assume all the big boys are still there. And this is reassuring. Now, to get to my question. Our inspectors spend days to write the values of each part on the assembly drawings. This helps them inspect faster, but in terms of setup cost it sends everything through the roof. Not to mention the ECO control. I tried of course Daan's Maestro and it does a fantastic job when you look for a particular component. What I need is something that goes beyond and it would import the shapes of the components plus the values right inside these shapes. The question is: is anybody aware of the possibility to generate this kind of information right from the CAD system? Just another exported file, right at the source, by the PCB designer. If not, any software available that would do this? Thanks, Ioan --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt or (re-start) delivery of Technet send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet NOMAIL or (MAIL) To receive ONE mailing per day of all the posts: send e-mail to [log in to unmask]: SET Technet Digest Search the archives of previous posts at: http://listserv.ipc.org/archives Please visit IPC web site http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------