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The core of
CAM350XL is its single electronic release package database. The
release package stores imported data as well as supports
exporting functions so that documentation and machine files
(Gerber, ODB++, NC, Centriod, etc) can be exported and stored
right in the release package database. This creates a single
data file that contains all design information, Gerber files,
NC files, PDF and DXF files, and related PCB documentation for
distribution to document control, procurement, and
manufacturing.
- Fabrication drawings, assembly drawings,
variant drawings, panel drawings, unit assemblies, rework
instructions, assembly process drawings, bills of materials
- Gerber files, NC drill files, MC milling
files, Test files, ODB++ outputs
- Schematic database, PCB layout database, reports
- PDF Files, DXF files, MS Office documents,
plus multi-media elements
Single Release Package database stores all deliverables in
one electronic file
Easy Release Package Distribution and Viewing
The Release Package
database can be shared in a variety of ways to ensure accurate,
comprehensive content while maintaining IP security. The Release
Package can be sent “as is” with all available data, or it can
filtered to only distribute the files necessary for a specific
process (i.e. procurement, fabrication, assembly, etc).
DownStream supports a number of methods to view Release
Packages:
- DownStream’s stand-alone free viewer
- Pack and Release option - where the viewer is packaged
in with the Release Package
- View via the web by publishing the Release Package as an HTML file
Because CAM350XL’s database is an
electronic “Release Package” file, this same file can now be
used to disseminate PCB data from Engineering to downstream
procurement, fabrication, assembly, and QA/QC processes. Using
DownStream’s free Release Package viewer, all the content created
by engineering, Outputs; reports, documents, and associated
files are stored in the Release Package, can be accessed,
viewed, and extracted by manufacturing. Greatly reducing the
chance that data may be missing or incorrect. In addition, any
hyperlinks created within CAM350XL documentation are supported,
allowing manufacturing to quickly find information relevant to
the fabrication and assembly process.
