[PCB_FORUM] Re: Allegro ODB++

Richard raises a couple of good points that need some clarification:
/"The issue I currently have is not with ODB++, but with 'ODB++ Inside'. It creates extra layers that you may not necessarily want in your outputs. If I wanted to include them, I would liked to have specified them.
For example, it takes what it assumes is the Top Silk film and renames it 'sst' . Anything else it thinks maybe silk films it calls 'sst+1', sst+2', etc, which include subclasses nothing to do with silk. (Someone feel free to correct me here if I'm wrong, but that's what I've always found.) In other words, lack of control does not impress me."/
The outputs are totally configurable. ODB++ Inside does a reasonably good job of identifying the artwork type but you can change the defaults by editing the artwork layers (as you would with Gerber outputs) or by using the built-in matrix editor. In Richard's example it is easy to change sst+1 to, say, "doc_top" or delete it altogether. ODB++ inside uses the same artwork setups as you would use for Gerber/NC outputs. 

Cheers, Dave

richard moffat wrote:

Hi

Whether to use ODB++ or other formats can be a religious argument.
Rather than repeat what I've said before, read http://www.freelists.org/archives/icu-pcb-forum/05-2006/msg00104.html instead. 

Once ODB++ is more flexible, we may look at it again.  (I have other slight 
reservations that I won't go into here.)

Until then, we have Allegro and Gerbtool customised to an extent that gives us 
a 'one button click' solution for all our generation, electrical validation, 
and CAM validation.

Cheers,
Richard
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Dave Schaefer <dave.schaefer@xxxxxxx> 27/04/2007 5:37 a.m. >>>

Would like to get other user's thoughts on the use of ODB++:

- are you using ODB++ for fabrication, manufacturing, ICT
- does the Allegro "ODB++ inside" translator produce accurate and reliable data
- how do you verify the accuracy of your ODB++ data
- if using ODB++, do you provide additonal data/drawing formats
- any other pros/cons of ODB++ use

Thanks,
Dave

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