Training Material for ODB++ SPECIFICATION?

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3 February, 2013 at 2:23 am #2350
yanfeng	I don’t think anyone can technically understand ODB++ only by solely reading Mentor’s ODB++ Specification 7.0 which was written in 2010. I really think Mentor should provide detailed training material to the public industry to promote ODB++. Yanfeng
7 February, 2013 at 7:45 am #2380
arvindramaswamy	I agree… the specification document is 295 pages and the explanation / examples given is very vague and not self explanatory… its high time Mentor Graphics provided a better version of the spec or some other training material to support it, as suggested by @yanfeng This reply was modified 100 days ago by arvindramaswamy.
8 April, 2013 at 10:24 am #2478
Mattylad	I agree – that would be a good idea and also forward the use of ODB++ by a greater understanding of it. A specification is one thing, something that explains the specification is another and would help those that need to work with ODB on a regular basis. When trying to resolve ODB++ issues it becomes a very long read going over my head because its a tech spec rather than explaining how ODB++ works. I would welcome some further info on the spec.
9 April, 2013 at 7:22 am #2480
sgdavies	I don’t think it was ever in Mentor’s business plan to spend that much time on it, buying a “oven ready” de-facto intelligent standard, but now that IPC-2581 is snapping at its heels with it’s single file intelligent XML standard, maybe Mentor might do something extra that Valor did not, who knows?
9 April, 2013 at 5:38 pm #2484
Mattylad	I doubt it was originally. However now that they are actively pushing ODB++ with the alliance it would IMO be good if they did. Its not enough to simply make and ODB file then open it in a program – many of us want to be able to dissect it too – to understand it. Like we do with Gerber.
10 April, 2013 at 7:28 am #2485
sgdavies	Greetings Mattylad, I recognise you from the PCB Libraries forum. Of course there is software out there which was designed to import the ODB++ 1) Wise – VisualCam 2) EasyLogic – PCB Inspector 3) DownStream Technology – CAM350 with DFM 4) ADIVA of course you have to pay for this software, to dissect it etc, maybe using something like this, its possible to get a better understanding? What is important for us PCB designers to understand? layers stackup, materials, drills,components/heights/info, Nets. This reply was modified 38 days ago by sgdavies.

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