Hi, Sometimes the customer sincerely believes that they are giving you good data and sometimes it's a matter of the CAD operator pushing the problem down to the CAM operator. With embedded passives, a recurrent problem is that the original CAD data is right for additive thick film processes (such as screened-on polymers) but wrong for subtractive thin film processes (such as print and etched planar resistors). The CAM operator has to do a lot of editing and manual DRC before they can plot any useful phototools. This delays the order and irritates management but what's sauce for the goose is not necessarily sauce for the gander. "Everyone has to go through the learning curve at least once." Dan Brandler Ohmega Technology, Inc. --------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8e 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/contentpage.asp?Pageid=4.3.16 for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 -----------------------------------------------------