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
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
_________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)