On 29 May 98 at 13:56, Hugh Scott Miller wrote: > One of my customers in Europe is constantly forwarding CKW-formatted > electronic manufacturing datafiles for production purposes. I have > no tools to process these types of files, and I'm not familiar with > this file protocol, I am hoping that some of the European members > can shed some light on this topic. What is CKW? Are there any > tools that can be used to interpret CKW? If so, what are they? Is > CKW easily convertible to Gerber or other more recognized format? > Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Probably you mean CWK format. That is an archieve format from GraphiCode CAM-Software. It is possible that the customer has the shareware GC-Prevue, with which he can read in his gerber and drill files and save all together as CWK. Then, any fab with the bigger software GC-CAM can process these files, export gerber, panelize etc. For further informations, contact http://www.graphicode.com. Best regards Matthias Mansfeld ----------------------------------------------- Matthias Mansfeld Elektronik * Printed Circuit Board Design and Assembly Am Langhoelzl 11, D-85540 Haar, GERMANY Phone: +49-89-4620 0937, Fax: +49-89-4620 0938 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Internet: http://home.t-online.de/home/matthias.mansfeld ################################################################ TechNet 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 TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################