Today’s complex PCB designs require comprehensive verification
before they are transferred to the PCB fabricator to ensure a successful and
timely manufacture of bare boards. Problems arising during PCB fabrication can
drastically impact product schedules, result in costly design re-spins, and
require modifications to the design that might compromise the design’s integrity
and intent. Inspecting, preparing and validating the PCB design prior to release
to manufacturing will result in a significant increase in efficiency, less risk
of design re-spin, and, most importantly, successful electronic products, built
faster, at less cost.
CAM350 offers a complete suite of tools, from design through fabrication,
streamlining the transition of engineering data into successful, physical PCBs.
CAM350 for PCB Designers and Electrical
Engineers
CAM350 will import your CAD database or you can choose to import Gerber files.
It will then verify that the electrical characteristics match the design intent.
Errors can occur in translation such as accidental inclusion of non electrical
items in Gerber output or problems with manual separation of voltages on a plane
layer. CAM350 will graphically match up original design files with Gerbers to
ensure accuracy by locating any disparities.
CAM350 also offers Design Rule Checks (DRC) to verify the Gerber layers match
the design rules in your CAD system and the capabilities of your fabricator as
well. CAM350's Design for Fabrication (DFF) tools insure the board not only
matches manufacturing capabilities, but also searches out design flaws that may
affect yields resulting in missed deliveries and delayed product release.
CAM350’s Design for Fabrication (DFF) Analysis pulls fabrication rules into the
PCB design domain and presents them in a way that is understood by the PCB
designer. DFF Analysis verifies the PCB database to find issues that may cause
problems when entering into the fabrication process.
- Directly import your design data for true WYSIWYG representation
- Analyze, identify, and fix manufacturing flaws that may cause delay
- Inspect for etching, soldermask, thermal, and spacing violations
- Verify and maintain design integrity and intent
- Easy to learn, use and implement
CAM350 for CAM Engineers
CAM350 automates the PCB CAM engineering department by preparing and optimizing
the design files for fabrication. Getting designs quickly through fabrication is
a very complex process and effectively managing each operation is the key to
moving into high-volume production. With a solution for every operation, CAM350
manages data input and preparation, through analysis, test, mill and drill to
final bare-board production.
Any complication during fabrication will make the job time consuming and labor
intensive, decreasing profitability. CAM350 can safeguard against these
setbacks.
When using CAM350, the CAM engineer will accurately prepare, optimize and
process the design data. CAM350 will perform an in depth analysis of the data to
locate manufacturing violations, it will create optimized mill and drill files,
prepare test data, and produce panelization strategies, all resulting in an
automated, highly effective process.
- Seek out and repair manufacturability flaws in the design
- Create NC files quickly and accurately
- Optimize the drill and mill machine performance
- Streamline tooling with panelization functionality
- Extract the essential data to drive test equipment
- Optimize test machine performance and probing time
- Identify collisions, break-outs, and un-probable conditions
With the ability to effectively manage each operation while increasing
productivity, reducing turn-around time, and ensuring top quality board output,
CAM350 is the only solution you need. You can achieve new levels of speed,
accuracy, and excellence, the first time around, when it counts the most.