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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON [quote][i]Originally posted by jameshead[/i] [br]I can't comment on the design or the thermal ties not appearing, however I would say that it's a good idea always to output the IPC-D-356 netlist and add a note to the drawing to ask the PCB fabricator to check the translated Gerber against the supplied netlist. To do this: Output > Reports and select IPC-D-356 or IPC-D-356-full-metric A note on the fabrication or drill drawing you provide may say: [list] [*] Imported Gerber must be checked against supplied IPC-D-356 netlist prior to fabrication. [/*] [*] Bare-boards must be tested against supplied IPC-D-356 netlist or ODB++ netlist data. [/*] [*] Do not generate netlist for electrical test from imported Gerber data. [/*] [/list] Any decent PCB fabricator should import your supplied netlist and compare it against the gerber they have imported to verify the design intent. This check will often flag up intentional short circuits such as star points, intentional open circuits such as wire links or SOT-223 heatsink to middle pin etc. as well as any errors in the Gerber import process such as arcs being miss-interpreted, pads without clearance shorting to planes, or in your case, I would expect the missing thermal ties to be highlighted. The fabricator should then come back to you with the issues prior to the board being fabricated. [/quote]    Upload a file Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.