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      <div class="title_topic2" id="xps10_pagetitle">ECAD vendors supporting IDF</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">The following table summarizes which PCB Layout systems have support for IDF translation. In most cases, the IDF translators are available from the ECAD system vendors themselves; in a few cases, they are provided by a third party. Please contact your supplier for more information about a particular translator.</p>
      <p class="para_topic">The information in this table is reproduced from the Intermedius website and is used with their permission. Intermedius is the company that maintains and supports the Intermediate Data Format. Visit the Intermedius website for more details and for updated information on vendor support for IDF.</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Tool</p>
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               <p class="para_td" align="center">IDF Translator </p>
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               <p class="para_td" align="center">IDF Version </p>
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               <p class="para_td" align="center">2.0 </p>
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               <p class="para_td" align="center">3.0 </p>
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               <p class="para_td" align="center">4.0 </p>
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               <p class="para_td">Allegro</p>
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               <p class="para_td">idf_out, idf_in</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">Board Station</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">PCB Mechanical Interface</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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               <p class="para_td">CADES-G</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">CADES-G / IDF</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="2" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">CadStar for Windows</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">CadStar for Windows IDF Interface</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">Toolbox for CadStart</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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               <p class="para_td">CADVANCE</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">idf_out</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">CR-5000</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">idfin, idfout</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">Expedition PCB</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">IDF Interface</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">Orcad Layout</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">IDF 2.0 Translator</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">PADS PowerPCB</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">PADS IDF Interface</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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               <p class="para_td">P-CAD PCB</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">EMCAD IDF</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">P-CAD IDF Translator</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">Pantheon</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">Pantheon IDF</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">Supermax E-CAD</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">Supermax E-CAD IDF Interface</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">THEDA AUTOBOARD</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">IDF Translator</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">Visula</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">Generic ECAD/MCAD 2-way Interface</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle">
               <p class="para_td">import export</p>
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            <td align="left" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="middle"></td>
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      </table><br><p class="para_topic">Table copyright, Intermedius Design Integration, LLC, 2001</p>
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