As is typical, I have too many purposes for sending email, so I try to lump them together into one blanket message, so please forgive me. Joanna, The IPC-D-356 is a netlist format. I have some examples if you would like them sent to you, please let me know, but I think a much better source for info would be Router Solutions Inc. They probably make a 3rd party program that can produce IPC-D-356 netlist from Cadstar. Now, to everyone, Does anybody know how to go about getting the edge of the circuit board plated? I would like a suface mount pad to go to the edge of the board and wrap-around, at least partially up to the other side. I've seen this on a circuit board produced in Austria, but only one example, and no supporting info. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Richard ---------- From: joanna To: DesignerCouncil Subject: [DC] IPC-D-356 Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 2:54PM I'm sending this to both TechNet and Designer Council in hopes that someone out there can answer me. I just spoke with Andy at Zuken-Redac's help desk and he told me that Cadstar cannot output an IPC-D-356 report (yet). He said we can generate something akin to it with the Report Generator function. All I need is the format of 356 and I can go from there. the problem is I don't know what the format is. Can someone either point me to a source (preferably online) or tell me what spec I could get that defines this? We've recently started requiring our boards to be electrically tested. Isn't that what 356 does? Sets up a netlist? (If I'm wrong, be nice and break the news that I've made a bloody fool of myself again.) Thanks in advance! :-) Jo JoAnn L. Amerson Design Librarian Red Lion Controls, Inc. E-mail: [log in to unmask] Voice: (717) 767-6961 ext 6308 ################################################################ DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum 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 DesignerCouncil <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################ ################################################################ DesignerCouncil E-Mail Forum 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 DesignerCouncil <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF DesignerCouncil ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################