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Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 19:46:50 +0100
From: Bert Timmerman <bert DOT timmerman AT xs4all DOT nl>
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Larry Doolittle wrote:
> Roy -
>
> On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 09:11:17AM -0600, Roy McKay wrote:
>    
>>     Does anyone have a script that can translate gschem netlist to
>> IPC-D-356 format?  The board house demands the IPC netlist for
>> electrical testing of my board.  And yes they can generate it from
>> the Gerbers, but a netlist from the source serves as a check.
>>      
> The IPC-D-356 file should be generated from PCB, not gschem.
> The file needs to have coordinates of the component pads, not
> just abstract connectivity.
>
>    - Larry
>
>    
The ongoing effort to implement IPC-D-356 exporting functionality is 
described here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/pcb/+bug/996319

Unfortunately I do not have many spare cycles in the coming weeks to 
debug, tweak and commit the code for this one.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.