Greetings 'netters We have decided to bring back electronic assembly to our company. My questions/comments concern controlling production PWB fab data, and I would like to hear about your methods and processes. Our drafting standards address typical drawings well, but not drawings with associated electronic data. Respond off-line if appropriate. We currently use Allegro, but are moving to OrCad. Current board design is for development, not production. The development PWB draftsman keeps files local. 1) Is control as simple as reserving a directory on the network and restricting access? 2) What is done to make sure the drawing matches the fab data after revisions are made? 3) Fab data will reside separately from drawing data for redundancy. 4) Is FTP or e-mail preferred for fab data transfer? Or is this fab house specific? 5) Are there software packages that automate all/some of this process? Regards, Dave Hipp Woodward Aircraft Engine Systems Electrical Production Engineering ############################################################## 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. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################