Terry (?),
From what we have heard over the years, this is an Oz phenomenon.
Seems in Oz most of the fabricators have Protel in-house and can tweak
things themselves. Maybe historically they have had too many designers that
were screwing up the Gerber/Drill fab output so the fabricators started doing
it themselves. Or was it actual design/fabrication issues that they needed to
tweak, who knows?
Recently, this seems to be becoming more of an issue. Since by the
number of posts there seems to be one or more of these fabricators that are not
upgrading their software to DXP. Thus the slow but steady flow of questions
about converting back to P99Se for their fabricators. Hope the designers aren't
using any of the new features that don't transfer back to 99SE. That could be a
disaster.
I am with you though Tony, all other issues considered, once you turn
over the database you have no control over what you are actually getting. The
board may be great one time from one fabricator, turn it over to another
fabricator and get a different flavour altogether.
Sincerely,
Brad Velander
Senior PCB Designer
Northern Airborne Technology
#14 - 1925 Kirschner Road,
Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7.
tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225
fax (250) 762-3374
-----Original Message-----
From: TDK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 7:16 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Protel EDA Discussion List'
Subject: RE: [PEDA] Protel2004 into 99SE
You are right. They don't need the native data base.
Regards
TDK
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Tony Karavidas
Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 1:05 AM
To: 'Protel EDA Discussion List'
Subject: RE: [PEDA] Protel2004 into 99SE
What is with people using fabricators who require the native database? Why
do they need anything besides the gerber files and a drill file?? I've asked
this question before, but I don't recall anyone giving a reasonable
explanation. I would never use a fabricator who requires my Altium files. I
actually don't even give my assembly house access to the programmable
devices. If I did, I would probably be selling more stuff in China and not
even getting any money for it.
Tony
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