All the leading commercial software companies in the PCB Design and Fabrication space have support or a roadmap for support of this standard. The standard enables OEMs, Fabricators, and Manufacturing operations to embrace advanced constructs and technological capabilities today's design challenges require to be efficient and accurate through the entire product lifecycle. It also opens myriad possibilities to integrate with other tools in the design flow and to external business systems and processes. The legacy data formats will never offer these avenues.
The IPC-2581 Consortia has been looking to engage the open source EDA community. We would welcome a conversation to explore the possibilities. Our website is www.ipc2581.com. Our charter can be found on http://www.ipc2581.com/index.php/about
The IPC Standards Committee Homepage for 2-16 Product Data Description (Laminar View) Subcommittee who actively develop the standard is found here: http://www.ipc.org/CommitteeDetail.aspx?Committee=2-16 Anyone is welcome to submit proposed enhancements through the IPC Standards Process. The IPC-2581 Consortium can provide KiCad Developers a voice and representation is desired.
Regards, Gary J. Carter Vice Chair, 2-16 Product Data Description (Laminar View) Subcommittee On 9/23/2015 9:15 AM, Carter, Gary J. wrote:
re:On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 5:54 AM, timofonic timofonic <timofonic@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:Hello. In order to not hijack the ODB++ discussion, here's this other message. Is IPC-2581 support feasible? They mention about being open. But I'm notsure how open, because isn't an ISO/IEC/ECMA/IEEE standard and that worriesme.IPC-2581 has been wholly adopted and endorsed by the IEC without change. The IEC assigned identifier is IEC/PAS 61182-12. The IPC document is available free from IPC's website. For those who might be developing import/export tools I highly encourage you to join the IPC-2581 Consortium. There is technical support available for those seeking assistance in the adoption effort. We meet every two weeks to assist developers._______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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