Unlike low-end CAM tools that lack functionality to handle today’s complex
designs or high-end tools that are extremely expensive to own and maintain,
CAM350 Classic has long been the price/performance leader in delivering powerful
fabrication software solutions to both the design and fabrication industries.
With CAM350 Classic, PCB designers and CAM Engineers are more productive
than ever.
With a radically new Graphic User Interface (GUI), performance speed
and quality improvements, and powerful new usability and productivity functions,
CAM350 Classic delivers a highly effective solution to meet today’s design and
fabrication challenges. CAM350 allows jobs to be processed easily, quickly, and
accurately.
CAM350 Classic 10.0 New Navigation Pane
For CAM350 10.0, the new Navigation Pane includes CAM350 editor specific panes for the
CAM Editor workspace, the Panel Editor workspace, and the Release Package view. In addition, the pane
is split to include CAM350 Commands and important Tools. Commands selected from the navigation pane call
existing CAM350 commands. The CAM Editor workspace navigation pane displays CAM Editor commands and a project
explorer style view of the layers, components, nets and other data in the design. The Panel Editor workspace
navigation pane displays panel editor commands and a navigation tree showing layers, stepped images, symbols,
and Dcodes. The Release Package navigation pane will show the contents of the current release package. Opening
each navigation pane will switch the CAM350 graphics workspace to the associated editor or view. You are able
to show or hide the Navigation Pane using the View > Navigation Pane command. Not that the Navigation Pane
replaces the View>Shortcut Bar command. For each workspace, tab views support switching between associated
editors or views for the associated data hierarchy. See the section below for View Tabs.
- Project Explorer Bar - The new Project Explorer bar supports viewing and highlighting various Design Data for each of
the editors in CAM350. Importantly, you can select and highlight multiple data items. This is useful when you would like
to keep items highlighted during design investigation and modification.
- Layer Bar - The new layer bar with the Project Explorer supports context menus and multiple selection to allow operations
such as reordering or renaming layers without going to the Layer Table dialog.
- Dcodes - In the Project Explorer, you are able to select and highlight Dcodes using the project explorer navigation tree.
Popup tool tip preview windows show all parameters for each Dcode as you move the mouse over an entry in the navigation pane.
- Nets - In the Project Explorer, you are able to select and highlight nets. The nets will remain highlighted until you
unhighlight them using the navigation pane.
- External Nets - In the Project Explorer, you are able to select and highlight external nets that are imported using
the File>Import>IPCD356A or other netlist import commands. The external nets will remain highlighted until you unhighlight
them using the navigation pane. Further, you are able to snap to external net hit points. This allows you to align objects
to the external netlist hit points.
- Parts - In the Project Explorer, you are able to select and highlight parts. The parts will remain highlighted until
you unhighlight them using the navigation pane.
- Drill tools - In the Project Explorer, you are able to select and highlight drills. The drills will remain highlighted
until you unhighlight them using the navigation pane.
The Release Package Navigator
The Release Package
Navigator found 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.
Graphical Netlist Compare
Netlist compare has become the key verification process in the handoff from Design to Fabrication. We have enhanced
our comparison process to allow the user to view errors graphically. When a difference is detected between the incoming netlist and
the existing one, a toolbar is available that will zoom into the error so that the user can graphically identify the problem quickly,
without having to wade through pages of reports.
- Enhanced, superior, comparison process
- Compares CAM outputs against original engineering intent
- Minimizes potential electrical defects
- Graphically highlights discrepancies
- Automatic "Go-To-Error" screen display of violations
- Sorting and prioritization of errors - size, type, location, etc.
- Considerably reduces verification time
Negative Plane Analysis
Potential connectivity errors such as isolated thermals can now be caught even if the area is not isolated in the
design. Most tools can catch an isolated thermal when it is completely cleared from the copper, but how about the case where an
isolation may happen in the manufacturer’s etching process? Now CAM350 catches this by simulating the etch process, along with using
intelligent netlisting, to find isolations that other CAM tools miss.
- Easily identify potential connectivity errors
- Detects defects on internal power and ground planes
- Identifies any thermal isolation occurring in manufacturing
- Simulates the etching process, using intelligent netlist
- Minimizes electrical defects due to power/ground openings
Error Verification
CAM350 features an analysis report that are both logical and linked to a graphical display. Users can view
multiple errors, or sort errors by feature type, feature size, error size, and many other fields. This allows the user to quickly
verify the results of any DRC or Analysis function.
- Validate errors quickly and accurately
- Sort able reports linked to graphical display
- View multiple errors, sort by error type, size, features, etc.
- Quickly run and verify analysis results
