New program allows users to more freely distribute PCB release packages created in BluePrint-PCB
Marlborough, Mass – January 2, 2007 – DownStream Technologies, LLC today announced the
availability of BluePrint-PCB™ Viewer application as a free web download. BluePrint-PCB allows users to easily
create a comprehensive PCB release package and this new initiative is designed to provide easier distribution of
that critical information to a variety of audiences.
Making the Viewer application available as a free web download is yet another element of support
in the growth of BluePrint-PCB. “The adoption of BluePrint-PCB as the new standard for creating comprehensive PCB
documentation has been outstanding,” said Rick Almeida, one of DownStream’s founders. “By making the Viewer Application
a free web download makes it even easier to integrate BluePrint into the PCB Release process,” added Almeida.
Easing Distribution of the PCB Release Package
With the BluePrint-PCB Viewer application, the critical information contained in the PCB release
package is now more readily available to the individuals and groups that need it, such as other designers, QA groups,
document control groups and manufacturers. BluePrint-PCB supports three free Viewers including:
- BluePrint-PCB Viewer Application (standard)
- BluePrint-PCB HTML Viewer – allows documentation packages to be exported into HTML and viewed using an Active X
component inside of Microsoft Internet Explorer®
- BluePrint-PCB Pack and Release Viewer – allows users to control the amount of time a document release package
may be viewed by a third party
All BluePrint Viewers support the hyperlinking functions created in BluePrint that link details
to notes and callouts as well as URLs, e-mail addresses, audio, video and other electronic files. BluePrint-PCB
Viewer can view and query the native CAD data that had been imported into BluePrint to create the documents. In addition,
the Viewers contain a search function that scans all documents to show “all instances and “locations” of specific components,
details, or text strings, far surpassing the capabilities found in traditional PDF exports.
Availability
The BluePrint-PCB Viewer is available immediately for
download.
For more information log onto
www.downstreamtech.com, e-mail
sales@downstreamtech.com or contact one of DownStream’s
local Value Added Resellers (VARs).
About DownStream Technologies
DownStream Technologies, LLC is a progressive software company focused on helping engineering organizations automate
the PCB Release Process. Our tools redefine how engineering professionals post-process PCB designs to create and distribute all the
deliverables required for a complete PCB assembly release package. CAM350™ provides verification, optimization and output generation
to efficiently drive PCB fabrication. BluePrint for Printed Circuit Boards™ works with CAM350 and PCB CAD systems to help users
quickly produce comprehensive electronic drawings to drive PCB fabrication, assembly, and inspection processes. More information
about DownStream can be found at www.downstreamtech.com.
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