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> Where is the justification for implmenting this when as far as i can tell IPC-2581 has supplanted it.
Looking into this, I see the free ODBViewer can read _both_ ODB++ and IPC-2581, and checking PADS Standard and the new PADS maker, they can both export _both_ ODB++ and IPC-2581, with IPC-2581 a tickbox under the ODB++ menu.
Given this is published and open, but native CAD databases are closed, it seems it would be a good idea for KiCAD to both read and write ODB++/IPC-2581 ?
KiCAD would become a useful ODB++/IPC-2581 editor.
Another benefit of two-way pathways, is testing and regression control are simpler.