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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Standard NAMING CONVENTION



FILENAME Example:  XXXXXATS.PHO

Break Down of the above filename:             XXXXX= Job Name    :         5 Digits
                                                       A          = Revision         : 1 Digit
                                                       TS         = Top Silk         : (See Suffix)
                                                       .PHO    = Photoplot       : (See Gerber Files)


PADS Database            Description                                                                            

_________A.PCB                               PADS Database (Binary File)


Netcheck Files               Description                                                                            

_________A1.ECO                            PADS Format Engineering Changes created by NetCheck Tools (ASCII File)

_________A.RPT                               Detailed Report illustrating the differences between OrCAD & PADS Netlists


Assembly Data              Description                                                                            

_________A.ASC                               PADS Format ASCII File of full database created by File/Export/ASCII

_________AXYE.ASC                      PADS Part Placement Coordinate List created by File/Export/ASCII, English

_________AXYM.ASC                     PADS Part Placement Coordinate List created by File/Export/ASCII, Metric

README_ASSY.TXT                       Naming Convention Explanation File for Manufacturer           


PADS Reports               Description                                                                            

_________ANET.TXT                      PADS Netlist created by File/Report/PowerPCB Format   
                                                             Netlist, Includes Part List

_________ANETX.TXT                   PADS Format Netlist created by File/Report/Netlist w/o pin 
                                                             info, No Part List

_________ABOM.TXT                     PADS Format Part List created by File/Report/Part List 2

_________ANON.TXT                      PADS Format Unconnected Pins Report created by 
                                                              File/Report/Unconnected Pins

_________ASTA.TXT                       PADS Format Statistics report created by 
                                                               File/Report/Statistics

_________A.TST                               PADS Format Test Point Report created by 
                                                              File/Report/DFT Test Point Audit

_________ACAM.NET                     CAM356A Format Netlist

 

Gerber Files                   Description                                                                            

_________A.REP                               PADS Gerber Aperture Report (ASCII File)

_________AL1.PHO                         PADS Gerber Data for LAYER 1 (Top Side) (ASCII File)
                              
  *Note: There is a .PHO file for every layer of the PCB design. IE: L1, L2, L3, L4 = a four layer board.

_________AST.PHO                         PADS Gerber Data for SILKSCREEN (Top Side) 
                                                              (ASCII File)

_________ASB.PHO                         PADS Gerber Data for SILKSCREEN (Bottom Side) 
                                                               (ASCII File)

_________AMT.PHO                        PADS Gerber Data for SOLDER MASK (Top Side) 
                                                              (ASCII File)

_________AMB.PHO                       PADS Gerber Data for SOLDER MASK (Bottom Side)  
                                                              (ASCII File)

_________APT.PHO                         PADS Gerber Data for PASTE MASK (Top Side) 
                                                              (ASCII File)

_________APB.PHO                         PADS Gerber Data for PASTE MASK (Bottom Side)                   
                                                              (ASCII File)

_________ADD.PHO                        PADS Gerber Data for DRILL DRAWING (ASCII File)

README_FAB.TXT                          Naming Convention explanation file for manufacturer


Drill Data                      Description                                                                            

_________ANC.DRL                        Numeric Control Drill Report in Exlon Format

_________ANC.LST                         Numeric Control Drill Report in True-Drill Format

_________ANC.REP                         Numeric Control Drill Size and Quantity Report





PADS CAM File           Description                                                                            


_________A.CAM                             PADS Format Post Processing File (ASCII File)


Autoroute Files             Description                                                                            

_________A.DO                               CCT Autorouter Command File (ASCII File)

_________A.STS                             CCT Autorouter Statistics Report (ASCII File)

_________A.NON                            CCT Autorouter Unconnected Pins Report

_________A.WIR                              CCT Autorouter Wires file with Unmitered Traces

_________A.RTE                             CCT Autorouter Wires file with Mitered Traces

_________A.ATO                             CCT Autorouter AutoSave File. Backup file saved after 
                                                             every route interation

_________A.DSN                              CCT Autorouter Temp File created during the translation 
                                                              from PADS to CCT

_________A.DID                               CCT Autorouter Report on what the router did

_________A.SPI                                 CCT Autorouter temporary translation file

_________A_SP.PCB                        CCT Autorouter PADS output file name


PADS HPGL File                   Description                                                                            

_________ADD.PE1                          Pen Plot of Drill Drawing 
                                                               (HPGL = Hewlett Packard Graphic Language)

_________AAT.PE1                          Pen Plot of Top Assembly Drawing (HPGL Data)

_________AAB.PE1                          Pen Plot of Bottom Assembly Drawing (HPGL Data)


AutoCAD Files              Description                                                                            

_________ADD.DXF                         Drill Drawing produced by translating a .PE1 file using 
                                                               HP2DXF software

_________AAT.DXF                         Top Assembly Drawing produced by translating a .PE1 
                                                               file using HP2DXF

_________AAB.DXF                         Bottom Assembly Drawing produced by translating a .PE1 
                                                               file using HP2DXF

DD.DWG                                               Temporary Drill Template to be inserted into an 
                                                               ANSI “B-Size” Format Drawing

AT.DWG                                               Temporary Top Assembly to be inserted into an 
                                                               ANSI “B-Size” Format Drawing

AB.DWG                                               Temporary Bottom Assembly to be inserted into an 
                                                               ANSI “B-Size” Format Dwg.

_________AD1.DWG                        Drill Drawing Page 1 Contains Fabrication Notes, 
                                                               Lay-up Detail & Drill Chart

_________AD2.DWG                        Drill Drawing Page 2 Contains the Dimensioned Board 
                                                               Outline and Drill Symbols

_________AAT.DWG                       Top Assembly Drawing on ANSI “B-Size” Sheet 1 Format

_________AAB.DWG                       Bottom Assembly Drawing on ANSI “B-Size” 
                                                              Sheet 2 Format

_________AD1.PLT                          Drill Drawing Page 1 HPGL Data 
                                                              (HPGL = Hewlett Packard Graphic Language)

_________AD2.PLT                          Drill Drawing Page 2 HPGL Data 
                                                               (D1 & D2 go with the Fabrication Data)

_________AD1.PDF                          Drill Drawing Page 1 PDF Data (ADOBE Acrobat File)

_________AD2.PDF                          Drill Drawing Page 2 PDF Data (ADOBE Acrobat File)

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