ASSOCIATION CONNECTING

ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES

IPC-2513A

Sectional Requirements for

Implementation of Drawing
Methods for Manufacturing
Data Description [DRAWG]

‘‘The data model of this standard shall be in

effect until 2001-12.’’ At that time, the committee
will consider changes, revision, other actions.

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ASSOCIATION CONNECTING
ELECTRONICS INDUSTRIES

GenCAM [DRAWG]

Sectional Requirements
for Implementation of
Drawing Methods for
Manufacturing Data
Description
A standard developed by the Computerized Data Format Standardization
Subcommittee (2-11) of the Data Generation and Transfer Committee
(2-10) of the Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits.

The GenCAM format is intended to provide CAD-to-CAM, or CAM-to-CAM

data transfer rules and parameters related to manufacturing printed boards
and printed board assemblies. The requirements of IPC-2511 are a manda-
tory part of this sectional standard.

This standard is part of the GenCAM 1.5 release.

‘‘The data model of this standard shall be in effect until

2001-12.’’ At that time, the committee will consider changes,
revision, other actions.

Users of this standard are encouraged to participate in the

development of future revisions.

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Acknowledgment
Any Standard involving a complex technology draws material from a vast number of sources. While the principal members
of the IPC Data Generation and Transfer Committee of the IPC Data Transfer Solution DTS Subcommittee are shown below,
it is not possible to include all of those who assisted in the evolution of this standard. To each of them, the members of the
IPC extend their gratitude.

Data Generation and Data Transfer Solution DTS Technical Liaisons of the
Transfer Committee Subcommittee IPC Board of Directors
Chairman Chairman
Harry Parkinson Harry Parkinson Stan Plzak Peter Bigelow
Digital Equipment Digital Equipment Pensar Corp. Beaver Brook
Circuits Inc.

Special Note of Thanks

Key Individuals — An executive Yueh Chang, Northern Telecom Richard Nedbal, Advanced CAM
group of personnel from different Anthony Cosentino, Lockheed Martin Harry Parkinson, Digital Equipment
computer disciplines helped to
make this document possible. To Dino Ditta, Router Solutions Michael Purcell, Infinite Graphics
them and their dedication, the IPC Allan Fraser, GenRad Stan Radzio, OrCAD
extends appreciation and gratitude.
Barbara Goldstein, NIST Taka Shioya, Solectron
These individuals are:
Doug Helbling, Intel Craig Carlson Stevermer, Infinite
Michael McCaleb, NIST Graphics

Michael McLay, NIST Eric Swenson, Mitron Corporation

Dieter Bergman, IPC John Minchella, Celestica Sasha Wait, Myrus Design
Jerry Brown, eSeeData Robert Neal, Agilent William Williams IV, GenRad

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 SCOPE ................................................................................................................................................................ 2
1.1 INTERPRETATION .............................................................................................................................................. 2
1.2 DRAWING FOCUS .............................................................................................................................................. 2
2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS ......................................................................................................................... 2

3 REQUIREMENTS ............................................................................................................................................. 3
3.1 CATEGORIES AND CONTENT .............................................................................................................................. 3
4 GENERAL RULES ............................................................................................................................................ 5
4.1 DRAWINGS .................................................................................................................................................... 5
4.2 DWGTYPE PARAMETERS................................................................................................................................ 6
5 MODELING ....................................................................................................................................................... 6
5.1 INFORMATION MODELS ..................................................................................................................................... 6
6 REPORT GENERATORS............................................................................................................................... 18

7 REFERENCE INFORMATION..................................................................................................................... 21
7.1 IPC (1) ........................................................................................................................................................... 21
7.2 AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE (2) .......................................................................................... 21
7.3 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE (3) ........................................................................................................................ 21
7.4 ELECTRONIC INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION (4) .................................................................................................... 21
7.5 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDS (ISO)................................................................................ 21

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Sectional Requirements for Implementation of Drawing Methods

for Manufacturing Data Description (DRAWG)

1 SCOPE

This standard specifies data formats used to describe drawing methodologies for printed boards
and printed board assemblies. These formats may be used for transmitting information between a
printed board designer and a printed board manufacturer.

The information can be used for both manual and for digital interpretations. The data may be
defined in either English or SI units.

1.1 Interpretation

“Shall”, the emphatic form of the verb, is used throughout this standard whenever a requirement is
intended to express a provision that is mandatory. Deviation from a shall requirement is not
permitted, and compliance test modules (CTMs) developed to check syntax and semantics, will
prompt the user to correct the ambiguity, or to insert missing information.

The words “should” and “may” are used whenever it is necessary to express non-mandatory
provisions.

”Will” is used to express a declaration of purpose.

To assist the reader, the word shall is presented in bold characters.

1.2 Drawing Focus

The GenCAM format requirements are provided in a series of standards focused on printed board
manufacturing, assembly, inspection, and testing. This standard, IPC-2513, provides information
on drawing requirements and documentation methodology. The generic standard, IPC-2511
contains general requirements and is a mandatory part of the requirements of this standard, and
provides general information necessary to completely understand the GenCAM structure.

2 APPLICABLE DOCUMENTS

The following documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitutes
provisions of IPC-2513. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All
documents are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this generic standard are
encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent additions of the documents
indicated below.

IPC-T-50 Terms and Definitions for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits
IPC-2512 (ADMIN) Sectional Requirements for Implementation of Administrative Methods for
Manufacturing Data Description
IPC-2513 (DRAWG) Sectional Requirements for Implementation of Drawing Methods for
Manufacturing Data Description
IPC-2514 (BDFAB) Sectional Requirements for Implementation of Printed Board Fabrication
Data Description
IPC-2515 (BDTST) Sectional Requirements for Implementation of Bare Board Product Electrical
Testing Data Description

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IPC-2516 (BDASM) Sectional Requirements for Implementation of Assembled Board Product

Manufacturing Data Description
IPC-2517 (ASEMT) Sectional Requirements for Implementation of Assembly In-Circuit Testing
Data Description
IPC-2518 (PTLST) Sectional Requirements for Implementation of Part List Product Data
Description
IPC-2519 (MODEL) Sectional Requirements for Information Model Data Related to the Printed
Board and Printed Board Manufacturing Descriptions

3 REQUIREMENTS

The requirements of IPC-2511 are a mandatory part of this standard. The IPC-2511 document
describes the generic requirements of the GenCAM format. The format specifies details
specifically for information interchange of data related to printed board manufacturing, assembly
and test.

GenCAM is comprised of twenty sections as described in the generic GenCAM standard, IPC-
2511. The sections are shown in Tables 3-1 and 3-2 of the IPC-2511.

Each section has a specific function or task respectively and is independent of each other.
Accordingly, the information interchange for a specific purpose is possible only if the sections
required for such a purpose have been prepared.

3.1 Categories and Content

Table 3-1 provides the section names that are appropriate for the printed board and printed board
assembly drawing package. There are six major drawing functions that can be defined by the use
of these files of the GenCAM system.

Table 3-1 indicates the requirements for various sections needed to describe each drawing
procedure and process. The letter “M” signifies a mandatory requirement. The letter “O”
signifies an optional characteristic that may or may not be pertinent to the particular file. A dash
signifies an extraneous section (unnecessary); Compliance Test Modules (CTMs) will not reject
file summaries if extraneous sections are present.

Table 3-1 signifies two requirement conditions separated by a “/”. The first representation of
requirements is intended to convey those GenCAM sections that shall be available as the initial
input to the documentation processes. The second instance of a requirement is to signify those
data that shall be available once the processing descriptions have been completed. The data may
be added by the user, fabricator, assembly, or inspection/testing functions.

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Table 3-1 GenCAM Section Relationships for Drawings

File Identifiers Fabrication Assembly Schematic/ Detail Parts List Specification/
Drawing(s) Drawing(s) Logic Drawing(s) Drawing(s) Source Control
Drawing(s) Drawing(s)
HEADERS M/M M/M M/M M/M M/M M/M
ADMINISTRATION M/M M/M M/M M/M M/M M/M
PRIMITIVES M/M M/M M/M M/M O/O M/M
ARTWORKS O/M O/M O/M O/M O/O -/O
LAYERS M/M O/O -/- O/O -/- -/-
PADSTACKS O/O -/- -/- -/- -/- -/-
PATTERNS O/O O/O O/O O/O -/- -/-
PACKAGES O/O O/O O/O O/O -/- -/-
FAMILIES -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/-
DEVICES -/- O/O M/M -/- O/O -/-
MECHANICALS O/O O/O -/- M/M O/O O/O
COMPONENTS M/M M/M M/M -/- M/M -/-
ROUTES O/O -/- -/- -/- -/- -/-
POWER -/- -/- O/O -/- -/- -/O
TESTCONNECTS -/- -/- -/- -/- -/- -/-
BOARDS M/M M/M -/- O/O O/O -\-
PANELS O/O O/O -/- O/O -/O -\-
FIXTURES O/O O/O -/- -/O -/O -/O
DRAWINGS O/M O/M O/M O/M O/M O/M
CHANGES -/ O* -/O* -/ O* -/O* -/O* -/O*
* The CHANGES section is used independently to alter previously sent files. Included shall be a HEADER section (for revision status and
identification) and an ADMINISTRATION section to show effectivity.

The correlation between the various descriptions identified in this standard is indicated in Figure
3-1. This shows the relationship of drawing files.

Master
Drawing

Assembly
Drawing

Schematics/Logic
Drawing

Specification and
Drawing Formats Source
Control Drawing

Parts List Drawing

Artwork

Detail Drawing

Figure 3-2 Drawing Types

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4 GENERAL RULES

The following details reflect the rules used in GenCAM to meet the requirements for drawing data.
These rules are intended to meet the needs of the manufacturer to understand the customer
requirements.

Wherever necessary, additional requirements have been detailed to reflect precision. The
attributes and rules for GenCAM described in IPC-2511 are required.

Wherever necessary, detailed descriptions or definitions of the entities, attributes or characteristics

are described according to the following issues detailed in Table 4-1 and 4-2 and descriptions.

Table 4-1 Keyword Usage

Needs Identifier Keyword/Section Keyword Usage
Type of drawing DWGTYPE One of six drawing types - FABRICATION, ASSEMBLY,
SCHEMATIC, DETAIL, PARTS LIST are fixed field parameters.
Size of drawing DWGSIZE One of ten drawing sizes - A, A0, A1, A2, A3, A4, B, C, D, and E
are fixed field parameters
Revision of drawing DWGREV Document revision
Drawing number DWGNUMBER Document number
Drawing date DWGDATE Date of document: YYYY-MM-DD
Drawing name DWGNAME Name of drawing
External Reference DWGREF Location of drawing, format of drawing

Table 4-2 DRAWING Keyword Parameter Usage

Needs Identifier Parameter Parameter Value Parameter Usage
Fabrication Drawing Set <drawing_type> FABRICATION Board fabrication drawings
Assembly Drawing Set <drawing_type> ASSEMBLY Board assembly drawings
Schematic Drawing Set <drawing_type> SCHEMATIC Schematic drawings
Detail Drawing Set <drawing_type> DETAIL Detail drawings
Specifications <drawing_type> SPECIFICATION Specification
Part <drawing_type> SPECIFICATION Specification
Performance <drawing_type> SPECIFICATION Specification
Acceptance <drawing_type> SPECIFICATION Specification
Board Test Specification <drawing_type> BOARDTEST Board test requirements
Assembly Test Specification <drawing_type> ASSEMBLYTEST Assembly test requirements
Machine Fixture <drawing_type> MACHINE Fixture configuration drawings
Phototool Drawing Set <drawing_type> PHOTOTOOL Graphical representation of photoplots
Combination Drawings <drawing_type> COMBINATION Combination of drawing types
Parts list <drawing_type> PARTSLIST Parts list drawings

4.1 DRAWINGS

DRAWINGS may be in a variety of types, formats, and sizes. DRAWINGS formats in GenCAM
format use primitives, artwork and other details contained in GenCAM related sections.

DRAWINGS may include board fabrication drawings, assembly drawings, schematics, detail
drawings, parts lists, and specifications. Note that parts lists and schematic drawings are not
necessarily intelligent electronic data bases, but are graphical representation of the schematic or
parts list. However, linkages between the symbol (ARTWORKS section) and COMPONENTS
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section can provide the details necessary to add intelligence to the schematic or parts list
information (see IPC-2518).

4.2 DWGTYPE Parameters

The DRAWINGS section is used to identify and describe the drawing set associated with the
assembly as shown in Table 4-2. All drawings that are included in the GenCAM file shall be
described in the GenCAM language. Drawings in other formats can be referenced as a parameter to
the DWGREF statement.

5 MODELING

The data files of GenCAM may be mapped to the information models. Information models are in
development to ensure that complete mapping is capable between the information provided within
GenCAM characteristics. The correlation is provided in the activity models shown in IPC-2519.

All data of GenCAM activities are based on activity models. The activity models covered by CAD
and CAM include the engineering, design, administrative, and fabrication and assembly
characteristics. Each of these sections are intended to be detailed into various levels of activity
much like layers of information needed to perform a particular manufacturing process.

Figure 5-1 shows the activity needed to develop administrative data.

A31 Responsibility/Accountability
Build Requirements A32 Contractual Requirements
Develop A33 Documentation
Documentation Specification
Administrative A34 Maintenance Handbooks
Product Maintenance
Information A35 Electronic Bill of Materials
Supplier Selection A36 Purchasing Agreements
A3
A37 Engineering Change Control

Figure 5-1

5.1 Information Models

Information models are also helpful in understanding the requirements of the DRAWINGS section.
Information Models

Information models are also helpful in understanding the requirements of the DRAWINGS section.
Attribute information is correlated to the parameters of GenCAM as well as to the activity models used to
describe documentation and drawing data.

EXPRESS is an international information modeling format supported by ISO 10303-11. The graphic
representation of EXPRESS is known as EXPRESS-G. Appendix A provides an explanation of the
different EXPRESS-G requirements. Figures 5-2 through 5-10 show the EXPRESS-G version of the
GenCAM DRAWINGS section. See www.gencam.org for the complete EXPRESS-G model.

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Figure 5-2 EXPRESS-G for DRAWINGS

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Figure 5-3 EXPRESS-G for Graphic PRIMITIVES

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Figure 5-4 EXPRESS-G for PRIMITIVES

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Figure 5-5 EXPRESS-G for Basic PRIMITIVES

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Figure 5-6 EXPRESS-G for Rectangle Usage

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Figure 5-7 EXPRESS-G for Diamond/Hexagon Usage

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Figure 5-8 EXPRESS-G for Octagon/Donut Usage

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Figure 5-9 EXPRESS-G for Oval/Rectangle/Thermal Usage

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Figure 5-10 EXPRESS-G for Poly Descriptions

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Figure 5-11 EXPRESS-G for Primitive Enhancements

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Figure 5-12 EXPRESS-G for ARTWORKS

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6 REPORT GENERATORS
Report Generators Data can be extracted from GenCAM files to produce various formats that are
commonly used in the electronics industry. The types of reformatting can be used for electronic data
transfer to tools or to facilitate inspection and human interpretation of text and/or graphic rendering. Note
that no extraction tools are included in the IPC-2510 standard. Their creation is left to the industry as the
need arises. For instance, the report generators for drawings may be DXF, Postscript®, EPS, Gerber,
HPGL or other formats. The resultant hard copy should look similar to the examples in Figures 6-1 and 6-
2.

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Figure 6-1 Fabrication Drawing

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Figure 6-2 Assembly Drawing

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7 REFERENCE INFORMATION
The following sections define reference documents that are useful in clarifying the products or process of
the industry or provide additional insight into the subject of data modeling or released information models.

7.1 IPC (1)

IPC-2221 Design Standard for Rigid Printed Boards and Rigid Printed Board Assemblies
IPC-D-300 Printed Board Dimensions and Tolerances
IPC-D-310 Guidelines for Artwork Generation and Measurement Techniques for Printed Circuits
IPC-D-325 Documentation Requirements for Printed Boards, Assemblies and Support Drawings

7.2 American National Standards Institute (2)

ANSI X3/TR-1-77 American National Dictionary for Information Processing
ANSI X3.12 Subroutine Record Format Standardization
ANSI Y14.5 Dimensioning and Tolerancing for Engineering Drawing
ANSI Y32.1 Logic Diagram Standards
ANSI Y32.16 Electrical and Electrical Reference Designators
ANSI Z210.1 Metric Practice Guide (ASTM 380-72)

7.3 Department of Defense (3)

DoD-STD-100 Engineering Drawings

7.4 Electronic Industries Association (4)

EDIF 4 0 0 Electronic Data Interchange Format

7.5 International Organization for Standards (ISO)

ISO STEP Documentation
AP210 Electronic Printed Circuit Assembly: Drawings and Manufacturing
AP211 Electronic PC Assembly, Test Diagnostics & Remanufacture
AP221 Process Plant Functional Data & Schematic Representation

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Appendix A

EXPRESS defines data objects and their relationships among data objects for a domain of interests. Some
typical applications of data models include supporting the development of databases and enabling the
exchange of data for a particular area of interest. As an example, a specific requirement of a database for
an audio compact disc (CD) collection is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1

Data models are specified in a data modeling language. EXPRESS is a data modeling language defined in
ISO 10303-11. One of the advantages of using EXPRESS-G over EXPRESS is that the structure of a data
model can be more intuitively presented. A disadvantage of EXPRESS-G is that complex constraints
cannot be formally specified. There are specific symbols used in EXPRESS-G notation. The meaning of
those symbols is defined in the EXPRESS formatting.

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