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Compare CAM Features |
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FAB 3000 |
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User Friendly & Intuitive Gerber Viewing environment. |
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Open and View Workspace files (*.wrk) |
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Save Workspace files (*.wrk) |
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Print to Printer |
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Print to PDF |
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Generate Realistic Photo Preview |
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Import |
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Gerber, NC Drill, Rout, HPGL, ODB++, IPC-2581 |
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Import CAD and CAM aperture lists |
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Import ODB++ and IPC-2581 Components |
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DXF / DWG |
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DXF / DWG Advanced Options (Join, De-Embed,Assign Fonts, Merge, and more). |
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Part Centroid File |
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BOM File |
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Netlist (IPC-D-356 / IPC-D-356A) |
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Image (Bitmap, Tiff, PNG, Jpeg) |
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Matrix File |
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Postscript / PDF |
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High Resolution Bitmap (from 10MB to 2GB) |
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Footprint Library |
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3D STEP (AP 214, AP 203 & more) |
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3D STL |
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Export |
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Gerber (RS-274D, RS-274X, Fire9000) |
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HPGL |
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NC Drill |
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DXF / DWG |
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ODB++ |
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IPC-2581 |
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NC Rout/Mill |
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GDS II (Calma Stream) |
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High Resolution Bitmap (output up to 2GB) |
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X/Y Part Centroid File (used for various pick & place machines) |
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BOM File |
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Postscript |
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Footprint Library |
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3D STEP (AP 214, AP 203 & more) |
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3D STL |
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Design Rule Check (DFM / DRC) |
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Minimum Check: Pad Size, Trace Width, SMT Pad Width, Annular Ring,. |
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Minimum Clearance: Copper to Board Edge, Outer Layers, Inner Layers, Track-Track, Track-Pad, Pad-Pad, Drill-Copper. |
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Drill Check: Minimum Size, Double Hits, Pads without drills, Plated Drill without Pads, Touching Drill Hits. Minimum Clearance: Plated drill to copper, Unplated Drill to copper, Drill hole spacing. |
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Silkscreen Check: Silkscreen over Mask |
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Mask Check: Find Undersize and Missing Mask Clearances. |
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Plane Check: Minimum Annular ring, Minimum Clearance, Minimum Width |
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Advanced Signal Checks: Same Net Clearance, Hole Registration, Find Redundant Pads, Find Unconnected Lines, Features Connection, Verify Text features, Find Acid Traps, Find Nonfunctional Pads, Find Net Discrepancy, Find Antennas, Copper Sliver Check. |
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Advanced Drill Checks: Find Drill-Plane Shorts |
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Advanced Silkscreen Checks: Find Silkscreen over Copper Text, Silkscreen clearance to board edge. Minimum Clearance: Sikscreen-Copper, Silkscreen-Drill, Silkscreen-Rout, Silkscreen Line-Line, Silkscreen Line-Pad, Silkscreen Pad-Pad. |
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Advanced Mask Checks: Find Mask Slivers, Find Solder Bridges, Detect Partial Clearances. Minimum Clearance: Mask-Rout, Draw-Draw, Draw-Pad, Pad-Pad. |
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Advanced Plane Checks: Minimum Thermal Airgap, Minimum Thermal Spoke Width, Minimum Plane-Rout Clearance, Find Starved Thermals, Find Power-Ground Shorts, Find Negative Plane Thermal Conflicts, Find Drill-Plane Registration Issues. |
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Assembly/Part Check: Minimum Clearance between Components, Minimum Component Height, Find Overlapping Components, Find Invalid Ref Des, Find Invalid Component Rotation, Detect Footprint Pad Registration. |
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Browse and pinpoint each DFM/DRC violations. |
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Generate DFM Report (as PDF, CSV, Text, and Microsoft Excel). |
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Manage Multiple DFM Checks simultaneously. |
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Editing |
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Unlimited Undo / Redo |
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Edit (Move, Copy, Rotate, Delete, Flip, Scale, Explode, Array, Stretch, Split, Attributes, Vertex, Trim, Boolean, and more). |
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Edit Layers (Alignment, Merge, Delete, Add, and more). |
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Add (Flash, Trace, Polygon, Wide Path, Rectangle, Arc, Circle, Text) |
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Add (Text & Multi-Line Text) |
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Add (Dimensions) |
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Composite Layer Editing (Build, Flatten, & Separate) |
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Convert Draw to Flash (Interactive) |
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Convert Selected Objects to Custom Aperture |
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Convert Selected Objects to New Job |
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Edit/Modify existing Custom Apertures |
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Film Wizard (Optimize & combines layers for film output) |
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DeEmbed (Detect Islands & Holes) |
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Chamfer |
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Fillet |
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Boolean Operations (OR, AND, XOR, Subtract) |
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Edit In Place (Individually edit Inserts in place) |
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Find Components |
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Convert Draw to Flash (Selective & Automatic) |
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Fabrication Tools |
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Copper Area Calculation |
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Silkscreen Optimizer |
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Copper Pour |
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Etch Compensation |
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Pin Hole Elimination |
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Remove Pads (Isolated/Stacked) |
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Redundant Line Removal |
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Teardrop Creation |
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Grow / Shrink (Enlarge or Reduce Objects) |
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Remove Covered Data |
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Generate Paste Layer |
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Create Drill Layer (PTH) |
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Convert Gerber Layer to Drill |
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Netlist |
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Netlist Extraction (handles Blind/Buried Vias & Split Planes) |
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Netlist Report (as PDF, CSV, Text, and Microsoft Excel). |
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Query Nets |
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Measure Net to Net |
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View External Nets |
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Apply External Nets Names |
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Netlist Comparison |
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Edit Nets |
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Netlist Table |
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Find Net Shorts |
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Advanced SMT Stencil Tools |
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Homebase Pad Conversion |
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C-Pad Conversion |
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Split Pads |
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Scale Pads |
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Pad Pitch Adjustment |
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Heel and Toe Edits |
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Add Epoxy Bars |
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Bow tie Pads |
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NC Editor |
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Full-Featured NC Drill & Rout Editor |
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Add Drill: Hole, Slot (G85), Circle (G84), Text Horizontal (M97), Text Vertical (M97). |
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Add Rout: Path, Slot, Circle Clockwise (G32), Circle Counter-Clockwise (G33). |
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Add Rout Tab |
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Change Rout Path Direction |
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Convert NC Layer to Gerber |
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Convert Gerber to NC Layer |
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Assembly/Components |
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Add Components |
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Insert Components |
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Footprint Detection Wizard |
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Silkscreen Detection Wizard |
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Assembly Analysis |
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Centroid Table Modification |
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BOM Table Modification |
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Generate and export Part Centroid File |
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Generate and export BOM (Bill of Materials) File |
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Footprint Browser (View & Organize all footprints) |
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Utilities |
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Physical Comparison between Layers |
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Graphical Comparison between Layers |
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Layer Scale X/Y (Scale layers using separate X and Y values) |
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Physical Comparison between Jobs |
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Graphical Comparison between Jobs |
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Polygon Conversion (Convert overlapping objects to a single polygon) |
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Join Wizard (Close & fill open boundaries) |
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LUA Custom Applications |
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Create, Load, and Run Lua Scripts & Binary Applications |
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Debug Apps |
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Built-In App Editor (Edit & run while inside FAB 3000) |
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Buy, Sell, and Write Custom Lua Apps for FAB 3000 |
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3D |
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Create Physical 3D Layer Stackup with Z-Base and Thickness. |
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Flatten 3D Solids to 2D Geometries (polygons & flashes) |
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Generate 3D representations of Components with Heights (allow Mechanical CAD to verify PCB with board & component heights). |
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Remove Vias from Metal Areas. |
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Create separate 3D assemblies for Drill and Dielectrics. |
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