Re: Re: Image files

If we could specify the DXF 2D/3D format, most of the FEA SW tools
would be able to import the drawings and dimensions for conversion to electrical
analysis.. Most of the connector suppliers can make this format readily (painlessly)
available..

Just a suggestion from a guy who has to fall back to SPICE once and a while.

Dennis Goodrich

D. C. Sessions wrote:

> apanella@molex.com wrote:
> >
> > As stated:
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > While the Connector Committee debated this point, I am wondering
> > if the image files could just be "recommended" as .jpg or .txt formats.
> > The statement "may be either" must be changed to "must be either"
> > or else "is recommended to be either". New formats might emerge.
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> > >From a model suppliers perspective.... I think that this is OK. However,
> > would that potentially make it real difficult for the simulator vendors? The
> > simulator vendor will then need to support many different type.... what ever
> > type the model supplier wants to supply. I am not sure that this is fair....???
>
> The way this is handled in other contexts (e.g., MIME for HTML mail) is
> that there is (are) one or two default formats that ALL tools must support,
> and alternates which may or may not be supported. Files are allowed to
> include multiple redundant content, with the tool using the richer form if
> supported and otherwise falling back on the default.
>
> --
> D. C. Sessions
> dc.sessions@vlsi.com

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