Latest Release Highlights
The latest release of CAM350 introduces a new Stencil Design Tool Kit, enhancements to Netlist and Design Compare as well as introducing Subscription pricing into the CAM350 and DFMStream product lines.
DFMStream Release 15
Stencil Design Tool Kit:
- The Stencil Design Tool Kit is a new application built into DFMStream that facilitates the creation of PCB Paste mask stencils using imported manufacturing data. The module converts photo plotting flashes and pads into paste stencil flashes.
- The Stencil Design Tool Kit allows users to leverage PCB manufacturing data to gain more control over the paste mask creation process and reduce any ambiguity to stencil requirements when outside parties create stencils
Some Features Include:
- Interactively select specific patterns to convert or automatically convert patterns matching an existing stencil library.
- New Stencil Library and management tools
- Stencil pads can be created in a variety of ways such as through full layer, selected graphic pattern, by footprint or by a Stencil Library item.
- The ability to create a stencil pad shape from the design pad shape is also supported as well as the ability to offset, scale, or resize the stencil pad.
- The Stencil Design Tool Kit creation process also supports the ability to shrink shapes by percentage to adjust to heel and toe requirements
DFMStream Subscription Product
- With this new release DownStream has introduced Subscription Products for DFMStream.
- Convenient subscription products make Design for Manufacturing (DFM) accessible to more engineers and designers.
- New DFMStream configurations will be released and only available with subscription pricing.
User Requested Enhancements
A number of customer-requested tactical enhancements have been made to CAM350 and DFMStream.
Netlist and Design Compare
- Modifications have been made to algorithms for detecting locations of opens and shorts.
- Internal net points for external nets has been added.
- Improved net visibility and color control for CAM nets, external nets, and non CAM net elements. Includes new functions for hiding/showing nets.
- Modifications to error navigator when reviewing net analysis results.
- Design Compare is now a licensed option and may be added to CAM350/DFMStream configurations.
- Design Compare now features Align Design Option when loading comparison designs as well as modifications to layer mapping routines
Auto-Align Layers – New algorithms have been implemented that auto align layers and netlist during import and design compare.
Panel Design Integration with BluePrint-PCB – This integration with BluePrint allows Assembly Panels created as a document in BluePrint to be passed to CAM350 for manufacturing file outputs including V-scores, mill tabs and fiducials.
New Cadence Allegro Integration – PCB designs created in Cadence’s Allegro and OrCad PCB products can now pass design to CAM350 from the Allegro menu system. This includes all design data as well as constraints and rules areas and back annotation of error markers.