I am writing a layout house deliverable. Can any one suggest what is the best format I should receive the gerber data from our layout house. Or let me put this way - what fab house normally wants to do better, faster and error free job in terms of gerber and associated stuff if any? When we say gerber does that include drill file, aperture list, etc? Is is gerber carry everything? Is there any real importance to specify to use certain cad package like allegro, etc? or this what we have to decide to standardize the gerber? Please excuse me as I do not know much on this side. re, ken patel ______________________________________________________ Ken Patel Phone: (408) 490-6804 575 Cottonwood Dr. Fax: (408) 490-6859 Milpitas, CA 95035 Beeper: (888) 769-1808 ############################################################## TechNet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ############################################################## To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TECHNET <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TECHNET ############################################################## Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ##############################################################