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CAM350XL

Release Package Management

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

Built with DownStream’s patented BluePrint technology, 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 where the viewer is packaged with the Release Package
  • And 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.