ODB RIP Revision History

This page contains the summary of ODBRIP release dates, versions and changes/fixes made for that release.

Version 1.22    5/09/2012

Improved barcode support.

Fixed the polarity issue where the polarity of a negative symbol nested inside another negative symbol is not generated properly.

Version 1.20    4/15/2012

Added barcode support.

Intermediate files will be created in the working directory.
If -reuse, a new file (step_name.txt) in the working directory will specify the intermediate files' full path.

Version 1.20    4/15/2012

Fixed the drawing polarity issue where negative data was drawn as positive.

Version 1.19    4/6/2012

Fixed the read only issue where ODBRIP fails to open ODB input with read only compressed files.

Version 1.18    4/2/2012

Fixed the week number issue where the RIP output week number differs from VUV.

Fixed the dynamic text issue where the RIP output for layers specified as lowercase is different if the layer is specified in uppercase.

Fixed the window issue where the RIP output is empty if the specified window crosses the polygon.

Version 1.17a    3/17/2012

This version fixes gbr2tiff executable which had problem with the reversed image for single layer grey level output.

Version 1.17    3/13/2012

This version has improved image position and size for greylevel and monochrome.

A complex macro with paint and scratch was incorrectly booleanized: a new version of BoolDll.DLL was required.

A large ground plane made of up rectangular (not square) draws was not rendered correctly when 90 degree rotation was applied.

Version 1.16    3/3/2012

Added the optional argument "-dpm" for the command-line executable.
Added the optional argument "-reuse" which:
on first run, it saves the intermediate files and logs the arguments used.
on succeeding runs, it reuses the intermediate files if the conversion arguments are the same as the previous run (differing DPI argument will cause a complete regeneration of intermediate files while differing windows will not).

The greylevel mode has been speeded up.

Version 1.15    2/10/2012

ODBRIP transformations are now the same as GBRIP.

Version 1.14    2/8/2012

This package allows one layer input with -greylevel.

Version 1.13    1/27/2012

This package suppresses all the status dialogs if -show_progress is not specified.

Version 1.12    1/26/2012

Fixed the window issue where ODBRIP does not use the window argument when output is greylevel.

Version 1.11    1/24/2012

Fixed extent issue where some extents are not calculated correctly causing a couple pixel narrower/shorter output.

Fixed aperture issue causing crash.

Version 1.10    1/23/2012

The new version supports up to 64000 internal layers.

Version 1.09    1/18/2012

The margin option is now supported.
There is also a new dll/lib/header.

Version 1.08    1/9/2012

The non-greyscale output is no longer banded and a whole file is created instead. The band name option is removed and the output is named after the layer that was ripped.

Greyscale option is added to the GUI and command-line executable.
For the GUI, check the greyscale checkbox in the main dialog and set the layers and options in the greyscale settings tab of the advanced dialog.
For the command line, please use the arguments -greyscale:Lo,Hi,Drill, -out:outbasename, -super:2|4|8|16, and step:step,layer1,layer2.

Version 1.07    12/21/2011

Added an option "-nocopyin" to avoid making a copy of the input ODB++ directory. The input's subfolders and files must be writable. The option can be used in the commandline, library or GUI. It must be noted that when using this option, the input ODB++ directory will be modified directly by the program.

Fixed rip failure on very small ODB++ input ran with a small DPI.

Default is inch if no unit is specified in the command line or library.

A single band is created if the input ODB++ is small.

Version 1.06    12/16/2011

ODBRIP now uses Gerber flow (speed improvement).

The header file iodbriplib.h has changed:
Some error codes are removed and some are added (please see header file).
sIMAGEDESC members have changed (used in getting image information).
ODB_RipExit() and ODB_RipCancel no longer returns a value.
ODB_RipSetup optional arguments for rip has changed (please see header file).
A new function ODB_RipCleanup() has been added and must be called when rip is finished.
ODB_RipStart requires a buffer size parameter (please see header file).
ODB_RipWaitForBand has a different set of return values (please see header file).
Functions ODB_RipGetRipStatus and ODB_RipGetNumberOfBands no longer exist.
ODB_RipGetRipImage does not accept buffer as argument. The buffer specified in ODB_RipStart is used.

The library odbriplib.lib has changed. Please use the current library and header file included in the package in your own program.
The set of DLLs have changed, please use the files at $INSTALL_DIR/src/bin

Version 1.05    11/24/2011

Added the command line executable in the package. The default output of the command line is TIFF, to output BMP please specify the optional argument "-bmp".

Speed improvement on ODB++ input with complicated surfaces of up to 60x.

Fixed a bug that results in blank areas with window clip.

Version 1.04    11/1/2011

A few problems were fixed in this release.

Version 1.03    October 25,2011

A few problems were fixed in this release.

Version 1.02    September 12,2011

Fixed long path issue caused by a bug in parsing the executable path.

ODBRIP will no longer cause an error if a step is missing a profile.

ODBRIP will no longer cause an error if a step is missing a layer folder from the "layers" folder.

ODBRIP will no longer cause an error when there is a missing misc folder.

Fixed the crash for p24, p40, p54, p64 which is caused by a very narrow resulting image. An error will be returned if the resulting image is going to be too narrow.

Version 1.01    August 31,2011

This version supports USB key as well as HASP keys.