thanks Dave. I'll let you know what happens. Robert "Blake, Dave" wrote: > > Talk with the team at ADI ..Automata Design Design....Herndon > Virgiinia > 703-742-9400 ext 21 Bob > Lowery President/CEO > Absolutely GREAT Folks!!! witha great product ...or two!!!! > > We have used their CAM tools for yesrs ADI DRC and ADI XNetview for our > vallidation and analysis of gerber data vs the CAD database...........with > netlist compare..and other greta features.. > > Dave Blake > Mgr ECAE Physical Tools Compaq Computer Corp > 281-514-9965 20555 SH 249 > Fax 281-514-9541 Houston Texas 77070 > [log in to unmask] CCA8 - 8440 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ed Cosper [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 2:24 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [TN] Fab E/T Gerber comparisons > > Hi all, > > Got a question regarding electrical test net list Vs Gerber data. Our > existing software package ( Tibor Darvis ) will generate a net list file > from supplied gerber data. They call this snap grip and it is used as a base > line for comparing net list ends to edited gerbers. The purpose is to have a > customer supplied base line end point configuration to compare against after > you have panelized and optimized customer supplied one up gerber data. > > My question is this. Does anyone know if there is a software medium that > compares the end item gerber data to the design schematic? Basically my > customer is asking me if I have a way to detect any designs problems in his > supplied gerber files as it relates to the original design intent. Based on > my conversations with my customer, apparently he has had problems in the > past where a person or company that originated some plots inadvertently > built in a short which our net list test didn't detect. He indicated that he > could provide the IPC-D-356 net list file and feels that if we check the > gerbers against this file we should detect any difference. However, It is my > understanding that the D-356 net list file is generated from gerber data and > should not be different. > > Any thought or help would be appreciated. > > Ed Cosper > > ################################################################ > 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################ ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################ ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################