Hi,
I doubt that the PCB fab shops will ever have to 'catch up'. Changing to a
.xml format will allow you to share designs between different PCB packages
and allow a more open way to share files, it has nothing to do with getting
the boards fabbed. Gerber and Excellon have been the de-dacto standard file
format for years and there probably isn't a PCB package that doesn't support
these. Funny thing though, if there is a package available that could show
my Gerber plot on the PC, I would like to see it.
Cheers,
- Original Message -
From: "Kent A. Reed"
To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)"
Sent: Monday, November 07, 2011 4:24 AM
Subject: [Emc-users] [OT] CadSoft releases Eagle V6 to beta testing
> Gentle persons:
>
> Since we've talked about it recently, you may be interested to know that
> the new version of the CadSoft Eagle schematic capture and board layout
> program has been released to beta testing. As promised, it uses an
> XML-based external file format. (The good news is that XML data
> structures have replaced a proprietary binary format. The not so good
> news is that the pcb fab shops have to catch up.)
>
> I haven't had time even to download this version but take a look at
> http://www.cadsoftusa.com/betatest/ if you are interested. Linux,
> Windows, and Mac versions are available. Note they have names like
> eagle-lin-5.91.1-beta but by all accounts this will be Version 6 when it
> comes out of beta.
>
> This is not open-source software but moving to a file format that can be
> parsed and processed by other programs is the next best thing.
>
> Regards,
> Kent
>
>
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