{"id":7411,"date":"2012-04-18T14:06:29","date_gmt":"2012-04-18T12:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.primelettronica.com\/future-developments-of-the-odb-format\/"},"modified":"2012-04-18T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2012-04-18T12:06:29","slug":"future-developments-of-the-odb-format","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.primelettronica.com\/en\/future-developments-of-the-odb-format\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Developments of the ODB++ Format"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ODB++ format was developed in 1995 by Valor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This CAD file format was designed to combine all files needed by both PCB manufacturers and assemblers into a single file.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This format wasn&#8217;t widely used in previous years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More than one supplier offered their odb++ converter that wasn&#8217;t fully functional (with obvious conversion issues).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Today, the situation has significantly improved, and the odb++ format can be considered an excellent system for integrated and complete management of an electronic project.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The odb++ format is indeed a unified system for managing an electronic board from design to testing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mentor, which acquired Valor between 2010 and 2011, has developed a network among partners and users called <a title=\"odb++ solution alliance website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.odb-sa.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ODB++ Solutions Alliance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The objective of this network is very simple:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>to increase the use of this format by developers.<\/li>\n<li>to improve the conversion system to this format.<\/li>\n<li>to ensure that more CAD software uses this format.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 24px;\">Mentor&#8217;s partners for ODB++ development are numerous. From Assembleon to Zuken (<a title=\"Valor Partners\" href=\"http:\/\/www.odb-sa.com\/partners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">find the complete list here<\/a>). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Valor odb++ aims to become the universal format in electronic project management in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ODB++ format was developed in 1995 by Valor. This CAD file format was designed to combine all files needed by both PCB manufacturers and assemblers into a single file. This format wasn&#8217;t widely used in previous years. More than one supplier offered their odb++ converter that wasn&#8217;t fully functional (with obvious conversion issues). 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