tEDAx

"Need to move a footprint, a symbol, a netlist between tools? Just convert it to tEDAx and have a cup of tea1!"

Trivial EDA eXchange (tEDAx) is an interchange format to be used between different EDA tools. The single most important property of tEDAx is that it's trivial to implement. As a tradeoff, tEDAx does not try to provide lossless data transfers between the tools, rather aim to offer the common minimum.

ToC

• Intro
  • status of implementation
  • license , distribution and use of this specification
• Specification: generic, block-independent considerations
  • syntax
  • geometry, coordinate system, units
  • polylines
• Specification: Netlist related blocks
  • netlist block
  • back annotation block: v1 and v2
• Specification: Schematics drawing related blocks
  • schematic symbols
  • schematic sheet (TODO)
• Specification: Printed Circuit Board related blocks
  • footprint block
  • board stackup
  • layer drawing
  • DRC: rules for the Design Rule Checker
  • board head: metadata and references
  • etest block , for automated electronic testing
  • route* blocks , for autorouting a layout

1: Incidentally, tedax, or rather tedags means "tea time" in Swedish.