Partners
ODB++ Solutions Development Partners
Agilent
Agilent believes the ODB++ format can offer significant advantages over other manufacturing formats used in the EDA industry. These benefits can increase productivity for both Agilent’s customer base and internal hardware design efforts.
Ansys
ANSYS uses ODB++ as the gateway into its electromagnetic field solvers HFSS, SIwave, TPA and Q3D Extractor.
Assembléon
Assembléon integrates into the product design and development flows of its customers using ODB++. Fully-featured ODB++ input into Assembléon’s line-programming software guarantees fast and accurate manufacturing ramp up. This counts for Assembléon’s entire range of SMT assembly platforms, delivered to the worldwide electronics manufacturing market.
BQR Reliability Engineering Ltd
BQR partners with Mentor to create integration between ODB++ compatible design flows and fiXtress to enable designers to evaluate the electrical stress level, to perform stress derating analysis and schematic modeling, to provide actual power dissipation for thermal analysis and to predict the warranty and service life (MTBF). The use of fiXtress will enable designers to improve product robustness while reducing time to market.
CADCAM Group
CADCAM Group partners with Mentor to create integration between ODB++ compatible design flows and CATIA v5 MCAD processes.
Cadence
Cadence and Valor have partnered for over 10 years to provide mutual customers with the ODB++ output from the Allegro design system, now including built-in graphical viewing. See the “Resources” section to register for download.
CADint Sweden
CADint PCB product supports import and export of ODB++ manufacturing data.
CST
CST STUDIO SUITE reads ODB++ from multiple PCB design processes to perform fast and fullwave electromagnetic analysis of signal and power integrity.
DownStream
Downstream has partnered for many years with Valor and now Mentor to maintain updated ODB++ interfaces in Blueprint PCB and CAM350.
EasyLogix
PCB-Investigator designed by EasyLogix ODB++ is the most advanced format to provide information in a suitable way to different departments. Exchanging necessary information between development and manufacturing with PCB-Investigator and ODB++ as interface helps reducing costs in many ways. Blur the boundaries of ECAD, MCAD and CAM with the powerful combination of ODB++ and PCB-Investigator.
First
3DIC co-design tool, START, produced by FIRST is fully applied to ODB++ input-output.
Frontline
All of Frontline’s CAM, DFM and Engineering tools are fully ODB++ compliant. Frontline recommends ODB++ as the optimal method for CAD-CAM data exchange for PCB fabrication.
Intercept Technology Inc.
For 15+ years, Pantheon, Intercept Technology’s PCB, Hybrid and RF layout software, has offered designers embedded DFM verification with additional options for verification checking in Valor using ODB++. As the ODB++ file format’s uses continue to expand, Intercept remains committed to supporting it through the ODB++ Solutions Alliance.
Macaos Software
Macaos Software provides integrated solutions for PCB purchasing and manufacture.
Mentor Graphics
Mentor recommends ODB++ as the most efficient way to transfer a PCB product from the design-phase into fabrication, assembly and test. ODB++ is implemented by Mentor as the basis for all DFM and fabrication, assembly and test process preparation and engineering.
Nagoya Electric
Nagoya Electric recommends ODB++ as input to its NLB-SX, NVI-FZ, NVI-FX PCB Assembly inspection systems, for fast set-up and accurate defect detection.
Nimbic Inc.
Nimbic has partnered with Mentor Graphics in the integration of ODB++ interface to enable chip-package-system 3D full-wave Electromagnetic Integrity solutions for Signal, Power and EMI.
Orbotech
In partnership with Frontline PCB Solutions, Orbotech supports ODB++ for integration of its leading inspection, imaging and repair systems into the product design and development flows of the world's largest electronics product OEMs.
Panasonic-FA
Panasonic Factory Solutions Company holds as its corporate mission: "To contribute to the development of the world with manufacturing solutions."
PTC
Creo View ECAD reads ODB++ for visualization and comparison of ECAD PCB product-models whilst being fully integral to PTC’s PLM solutions.
QBuild Corporation
QBuild provides a real-time, two way link between PADS and ERP systems using ODB++. Engineering benefits from improved efficiency and cost-reduction. Modify, update and create design information without leaving the PADS design suite.
Remcom
Remcom's XFdtd Electromagnetic Simulation Software easily imports ODB++ PCB files and also allows ODB++ PCB import within our unique CAD Merge functionality, allowing retention of modifications to the PCB that were applied previously to avoid rework.
Sigrity
Sigrity integrates the SpeedXP signal and power analysis tool suite to the Mentor and selected other ECAD flows via the ODB++ interface maintained by the ODB++ Solutions Alliance.
Simberian
The Simbeor electromagnetic signal integrity simulation software can read ODB++, thus connecting it to all mainstream ECAD processes in the market.
SiSoft
Quantum-SI and Quantum Channel Designer, SiSoft’s tools for parallel and serial link analysis, read ODB++ to perform fast, accurate and reliable system-level signal integrity, timing and crosstalk analysis.
TDM International
TDM International specializes in comprehensive bespoke solutions to complex in-circuit and functional test problems. TDM International are currently planning a solution that supports ODB++.
Ucamco
Ucamco (former Barco ETS) has both certified ODB++ input and ODB++ output since 1998. By joining the alliance we re-affirm our commitment to our customers to supply them with an up-to-date and reliable ODB++ input and output.
Visionics
Visionics product EDWINXP allows Export and Import of ODB++ format and also reconstruction of Circuits from ODB++ data
WISE
GerbTool has provided ODB++ compatibility for many years already, now fully sustained via the ODB++ Solutions Alliance.
YDC Corporation
CADVANCE AlphaIII-Design provides ODB++ output feature. You can pass the design information to other design and manufacturing processes through it.
Zuken
Through the ODB++ Solutions Alliance partnership, Zuken supports ODB++ within the CR-5000 and CR-8000 design systems.
ODB++ Best Practice Users
DAIEI Electronics
Daiei Electronics is a design bureau in Japan, and we provide high speed and the high frequency wiring board, the semiconductor test board, and the evaluation board, etc. We can provide design data as ODB++, if customers request it.
MD Systems
MDS have been in PCB design for almost 37 years and very capable of doing any PCB designs at the shortest lead time. We have been using the ODB++ CAD/CAM data exchange format since 2000 and proudly offering it as the best practice method to export fabrication, assembly, and test data from its PCB design tools.
Nippon Avionics
We provide design and manufacturing for hi-layer-count multi-layers and hi-reliability printed circuit board with ODB++.
Optimum Design
Optimum Design delivers a faster and higher-quality PCB design and manufacturing service using ODB++ as the main dataflow out to manufacturing.
Professional Circuit Designs Ltd
Professional Circuit Designs Ltd promotes ODB++ as the most intelligent and accurate path into the PCB Manufacturing flow
Sierra Circuits
Sierra Circuits encourages customers to provide data for PCB fabrication and assembly in the ODB++ format to ease DFM review
Spectral Response
Spectral Response EMS recognizes that our customers need lightning-fast response and no-excuses performance in assembly and test. ODB++ and our Valor NPI system are our tools of choice.
Streamline Circuits
Streamline Circuits recommends ODB++ for the fastest and most accurate introduction of PCB designs into manufacturing.
TNCSi
NEC TOPPAN CIRCUIT SOLUTIONS, INC. (TNCSi) provides high-performance PWB design and manufacturing service. We recommend ODB++ for accurate and faster data handling.
Ubisense
Ubisense recommends ODB++ as best-practice for data hand-off into PCB fabrication, assembly and test.
UP Media Group
UP Media Group has long believed the electronics industry must kick its Gerber habit, and supports the ODB++ Solutions Alliance as a superior CAD/CAM hand-off process to Gerber.
Viasystems
Viasystems uses DFM optimized ODB++ from its design customers to accelerate manufacturing introduction and minimize supply-chain risk.
Yamamoto Mfg.Co.Ltd.
Yamamoto Mfg.Co.Ltd. is a manufacturer of high-density and multi-layer printed circuit boards. Our ODB++ has more than 10 years operational performance as an in-house common data format which provides improvement in quality and our quick response to delivery in data processing.