CAM350 Classic Release 10.0 - Learn the details behind this strategic milestone!

CAM350 Classic 10.0 completes a strategic milestone in DownStream’s product development lifecycle as CAM350 will integrate with BluePrint’s document authoring tool to create a synergistic solution for all PCB post-processing - Introducing CAM350XL

This sets the stage for a process by which the user can utilize CAM350 and BluePrint together to create and distribute all the deliverables required for a complete PCB fabrication and assembly release package in one single electronic file.

The electronic release package can then be used to distribute, view and extract documents, Gerber files, NC Drill/Mill data and panel designs for the manufacturing process.

Release 10 includes new functionality and enhancements, including:

• Release Package Navigator
  
  Store all CAM350 outputs in a single electronic file. Gerber, drill, and panel data can be easily accessible to BluePrint.  Any design data created by BluePrint can also be used and viewed by CAM350.
  
  
• Graphic Interface
  
  Updated to a modern MS Office® style interface. Tab based editors with task oriented pallets give a uniform interface across all DownStream products.
  
  
• Project Explorer Bar
  
  Brings many of the viewing options to the default CAM350 window.  Searching for nets, parts, D-codes, and other key elements can now be accomplished from the main window in all the Editors.
  
  
• Flip Panel
  
  Select boards in the panel and flip them so that the top side of half the board and the bottom side of half will be side by side in the panel.
  
  

• Design Compare - Graphically compare two different designs.
  
  

• Crossprobing to Expedition® - Backward annotation of errors found in Gerbers.
  
  
• Also included in CAM350 10:
  
  
  • Longer File and Net Name Support
  • Netlist Enhancements
  • Streams Enhancments
  • PADS® Interface Update
  • ODB++ Interface Update
  • Usability Updates
  • Software Corrections

CAM350 Classic Release 10 is the third major release of the software from DownStream Technologies in just five years. Part of the enhancements to CAM350 focus on continued improvement in the verification of design data before commitment to PCB fabrication, while other updates bring new functionality and improved usability.