The Ultimate CAM350 Configuration
Welcome to CAM350-800. This CAM350 contains it
all. If you want to be involved and control every aspect of your design
throughout PCB Post Processing, this is the configuration for you.
It is packed with everything you'll need to get your designs through
manufacturing successfully.
CAM350-800 Features and Functionality
The base CAM350 comes equipped with the functionality
necessary to import, export, optimize, and modify your design files.
Then to make the system more robust, we add Design Rule Checking, NC
Editor functionality, Fast Array capabilities, ODB++ Import, the Release Package Navigator*, DXF, Crossprobing, Streams Rule Checking, DFF, Macro
Debugger, and ODB++ Export.... but that's not all, with CAM350-800 you
also receive Panel Editing, Advanced NC Editor functionality, DirectCAD
Output, Reverse Engineering, Flying Probe Editor, and Bed-of-Nails
Editor.
This comprehensive CAM350 configuration
allows you to:
- Translate Gerber, NC, and HPGL files with confidence
- Measure and View data in a user friendly environment
- Create optimized Solder Masks, Solder Pastes , and Stencils
- Analyze data for design and output errors
- Edit and generate legacy Gerber data
- Easily work with NC data for creating optimized manufacturing outputs
- Buried and Blind via support for Analysis and manufacturing outputs
- Fast generation of subpanels for assembly
- Import intelligent data from most major CAD systems via ODB++
- Work on the same data seamlessly with BluePrint-PCB
- Read and Write to BluePrint Release packages
- Work concurrently with popular CAD programs for intelligent analysis and viewing
- Translate to and from AutoCAD
- Complete checklist based Analysis environment
- Find manufacturing defects as well as design problems
- Compare original vs. manufactured designs for differences
- Insure the ECO’s are reflected in the Gerber data
- Macro debug tools for creating automation
- Generate intelligent manufacturing outputs via ODB++
- Automate the creation of Fabrication panels
- Electrical test fixturing and test program generation
- Automated Flying Probe test program generation
- Load intelligent data directly from many CAD programs
- Add net and component information to legacy data for Centroid or CAD file creation
- Export CAD files to PADS, PCAD, GENCAD and more…
With this configuration, CAM350 supplies you with all the necessary
functionality to build successful PCBs in less time, with more accuracy and
confidence, all while producing one single comprehensive electronic file
viewable by anyone... anywhere... anytime...
The Release Package Navigator
The Release Package Navigator found in CAM350-150 and
above allows you to work from one single electronic file
to store and distribute all the deliverables for manufacturing.
For example, this one file can contain your BluePrint documents,
Gerber, NC Drill/Mill, Panel Arrays, ODB++, PDF, DXF, PCB CAD, MS Office and virtually any
file located on your computer and/or network.
If you also have BluePrint-PCB, then you can access these
files directly from the Release Package within BluePrint as well, and add them to your documentation.
The Release Package Navigator also supports the importation of Gerber,
and Drill and Mill data from other CAM systems.
Using the Release Package Navigator you can store, distribute, and view all the necessary data
required to fabricate and assemble a PCB anywhere, anytime. Manufacturers simply
receive your release package, download the free
BluePrint viewer, and extract the necessary information they
need to build your boards.
With the new compatibility found in CAM350 10.0 and
BluePrint-PCB 2.0, you now have the
power and ease to control all our PCB Post Processing requirements with
one integrated solution.
Comprehensive Analysis Functionality
DFF - DFF performs over 80 essential bare-board analysis checks,
including fabrication, silk screen, power and ground, signal layers, drill, soldermask, and many more.
Locate, identify and instantly amend all violations before submitting
your design for fabrication. DFF automatically checks for acid traps, soldermask slivers, copper slivers, starved thermals, soldermask coverage,
and more. Making sure the Soldermask data is generated using proper clearances, ensuring that there are no potential
Solder Bridge conditions, and fixing potential Acid Traps will eliminate bottlenecks in the CAM department of any fabrication shop.
Crossprobing - When using DFF with Crossprobing you are
given the ability to ensure your CAD database is kept up to date and accurate as
well. CAM350 can locate design
errors (with DRC, DFF, and Streams) and quickly pinpoint the
exact location of those errors in your CAD software. This feature helps you
maintain the original CAD database, ensuring it is always an accurate, current
source of information.
With Crossprobing, CAM350 can also be used to view intelligent
data in the CAD software (components, pins, nets) while at the same time,
viewing the corresponding locations as Gerber data in CAM350.
Streams Rule Checking - Streams Rule Checking is designed to streamline the setup, execution, and verification of
Design Analysis in CAM350. Run Design Rule (DRC), Design for Manufacturing (DFF, DFM) and Netlist Comparison together in one checklist using StreamsRC.
Create, save, and recall multiple "Streams" based on design technology, and/or manufacturing capabilities. Run differing analysis
on High Technology areas such as BGA or Wire Bond, and run standard analysis on the rest of the design, all from one "Stream".
You can define as many analysis areas as desired. Errors can be
quickly verified by charting the results. You are no longer required to view
each individual error. Charting of results allow you to quickly determine what,
if any, changes need to be made to the design database.
CAM Engineering Tools
Panel Editor - Automates the panelization process. Allows for creation of panel templates,
intelligent coupons, pinning holes, fiducials, and title blocks. Populate panels in either an automatic stepping mode
or use a spreadsheet for total control. Venting and thieving are fully automated as well, processing multiple layers in
either a positive or negative polarity with user-defined patterns.
Advanced NC Editor - The Advanced NC Editor gives you powerful capabilities to manipulate NC drill and
mill data in your designs. You can add drill hits and mill paths, as well as advanced canned NC routines such as Drill Text,
Mill Circles, Operator Messages, Pilot Holes and more. Allows checking and optimization of NC data in preparation.
Flying Probe - Flying Probe test for bare-board PCB's has never been easier! A powerful graphical
editor and filtering options allow you to extract all the necessary data like nets, test-points, and adjacency information
in a snap. The Flying Probe Interface presently writes the Probot, ATG, Integri-test, PROBOTECH, IPC-D-356, IPC-D356A file
formats, as well as a special ACT Neutral format.
Bed-of-Nails Editor - The Bed-of-Nails Editor produces all files necessary to build a single- or
double-sided clamshell test fixture. A graphical editor and filtering options give you complete interactive control of the
test point information. Supported formats include TTI (Test Technologies International), Circuit-Line, IPC-D-356, IPC-D-356A,
as well as generic plate drill files and netlists.
Reverse Engineering
If you are working with "legacy" data in a Gerber format, DownStream can "Reverse Engineer" it for you.
Reverse engineering is the process of starting with Gerber files then adding part and netlist
information, to create an intelligent database, which can be brought back to any
CAD system.
How does it Work - Using Gerber files, Reverse Engineering will perform what is
called netlist extraction. The netlist extraction process is fully automated and
even supports the most complex blind & buried vias, MCMs and hybrid designs.
Once all the information has been recreated and recovered, the new data file can
then be imported back into your CAD system of choice.
Add part and netlist information to a Gerber file
Perform Netlist Extraction
Import the new intelligent data into your current CAD system
Contact DownStream Today
Contact a DownStream Sales Professional
or DownStream directly...
* You can run and use the Release Package Navigator without
owning BluePrint, but you do have to install BluePrint to use the Release
Package Navigator successfully and to its fullest potential. Interested in BluePrint? Remember, if you are
a Mentor PADS user, we are currently offering a special
BluePrint-4-PADS
configuration.
