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Novitΰ ver. 16.7
NEW FWATURES AND COMMANDS
Windows 10 Operating System
Compatibility
For this release we have made the necessary changes to ensure that
VisualCAM is compatible with the Windows 10. This includes all
necessary drivers, for components like hardware keys and FlexLM,
have been updated and tested for compatibility.
Add Polyline Command
Straight, Arc or Tangential
Add Polygon Voids Command
To existing Polygon using Circle, Rectangle, Flash or Draws.
Edit Polylines/Polygons Command
Add, copy, move, delete, fillet and chamfer polyline vertices. Also,
Add Slot and Delete Segment. Supports Mill Paths.
Create Border Command
Creates a single polyline border outline around multiple data items
(Flash, Draws, Polylines, Mill Paths) from a chosen source layer to
destination Layer. Allows easy creation of complex borders and
cut-outs.
Add Panel Tooling Hole Command
This command allows user to set the size and clearance of the
Tooling Hole and creates the necessary NC tool and places the
features and their clearances on the active NC layer and other
pertinent layers.
Add Panel Fiducial Command
This command creates the necessary apertures and places the features
and their clearances on the pertinent layers.
Mirror and Rotate commands added to right click menu
These new commands added to the Right Click menu make editing much
easier.
Apply Compensation to Mill Path command added to right click menu
With this new command in the Right Click Menu you can select a mill
path and add the compensation in one step. You no longer have to
explode and apply compensation.
New Part Viewing Controls
Added "Part Settings" page to the Configuration dialog, the settings
control the drawing of
part pins and part annotation including:
Top SMD Pin pads (PADS, PASTE, MASK)
Bottom SMD Pin pads (PADS, PASTE, MASK)
THD Pin pads
Reference Designator
Pin 1 Marker
Centroid Marker
Insertion Point Marker
Outline
Pin Numbers
Assembly Outline
SilkScreen Outline
SilkScreen Markers
Added Import Stackup Command
This new command will import just the Stackup section from any
IPC2581 file.
Added Design file locking
This new feature creates a lock file when you open a .vcam file.
Anyone else that tries to load this file while it is locked will get
a Read Only version to prevent overwriting of a file that is in use.
Site Wide Environment Variable WSSI_SITE
This new feature allows all users of a floating license
automatically have access to common macros and user menu settings on
startup. This feature can be enabled/disabled in
Options|Configure|General dialog.
Dynamically Create DRC Rule Files
Added option to DRC dialog to save rule files in a dynamic form
where abstracted layer types are output instead of absolute layer
numbers.
Drag & Drop and Auto Map Layers in Design Compare
Added drag & drop inter-design layer mapping. Also added command
button to auto map the layers.
Film Box display is now optional
Added check box to Options|Configure|Display|Filmbox setup to
control this display feature.
Added ability to hide the Origin Marker
Added check box to options configure dialog display page to control
this feature.
Added "Unhighlight All" option to right click menu in navigator
When click occurs in empty area it clears all analysis error
highlighting when selected.
VisualCAM STENCILS ENHANCEMENTS
NEW - Define Paste Shape by Pitch rules
Many Paste Dialog Enhancements
o Added additional information to Info Line on the Footprint dialog
o Allow Rename of Shape Sets and Shape
o Added offset ability to individual pin justification
o Added option to set Shape by X, Y exact size
o Added multi-select to Footprint list of paste tab, allows shape
assignment or deletion
o Added ability to set paste shape corner rounding on specific corners
o Added ability to hide or show columns in paste tab footprint list
o Added Stagger to Array Shape
o Added Dimension, Query and Measure commands have been added to the
preview window
o Added shape type of No Paste
o Added Pitch Column on the Paste tab
o Added ability to use offset reduction on custom apertures
Added Set Colors in the Footprint preview window to control the
following colors:
o Original Paste
o Modified Paste
o HighLight
o Annotation
o Dimensions
Added QTY to the Paste Layer Report
Added ability to Rotate a footprint using Right Click in the
Library preview window
Fixed Quick Convert Issues
Enhancements to Footprint Identification dialogs
Added Show Unused Only in the Footprint Library using Right Click
2-pin ambiguity check enhancement to use pins fully contained
within a closed polyline, Skip Footprint option and Interactive Mode
option added.
Show Unused checkbox added to the Footprint Library Report
Added ability to Create Paste Layer Report and Check Plot in Excel
Assembly Reverse Engineering (ARE) Enhancements
Added Set Colors in the Footprint preview window to control the
following colors:
o Electrical Layers
o HighLight
o Annotation
o Dimensions
Added the following commands to the preview window:
o Dimensions
o Query
o Measure Point-to-Point or Center-to-Center
o Toggle part annotations
2-pin ambiguity check enhancement to use pins fully contained
within a closed polyline, Skip Footprint option and Interactive Mode
option added
IPC-2581 ENHANCEMENTS AND FIXES
Export of Panelized IPC2581
references undefined pad definition
LandPattern Pin number / Name reversed
IPC2581 - Need to maintain Bom:name, BomHeader:assembly, and
BomHeader:revision
Added Import Stack Up Only command
VCUT dialog enhancements
Fixed spelling error in the Export of pin element attribute
Added Export Function Mode support for Full and Fabrication Level
2 RevA and RevB
Added ability to Export IPC2581 with a Macro
VSCORE and ROUTE Layer Function names now export correctly
AssemblyDrawing elements in Package
Support for PinOneOrientation enumerated values
Offset of pin transforms on import of 2581
Fixed Layer Type issue of the first layer after re-import of 2581
layer
Added ability to add BOM information to Item properties from text
file
Added IPC2581 to Options/Configure/File extensions
Fixed handling of VScore layers during panel layer mapping
Added support for / in step names in IPC2581 files
Fixed export of IPC2581 to properly handle Vscore
Fixed Export Panel Profile
Fixed 2581 export of Layer elements attribute INTERNAL
NEW MACRO COMMANDS
Footprint Identification by Library
macro
Stencil Generation macro
Generate Paste Layer Report
GetShapeSets
Load DRC Rules on Startup
InPlace option to MOVE and COPY macros
Find Min Aperture and Min Pitch on a layer
Combo box macro for list selection
Export IPC2581 Macro
Pad to Pad analysis
ReplaceText
SetAdvPanelParameters
DefineAdvPanelLayerSet
AddToolingHole
AddFiducial
Merge Design file
Load in Punch files
Added optional argument to GetMinFlashLayerInfo
Added layer and used parameters to Custom Intrinsic macro
Import IPC2581 Stackup
DEFINEADVPANELLAYERSET now supports specified layers
Get string array of print devices
Layer Bar command "Show Unused" is now available in macro form
VCUT
Create Border
Promote layers (promotes layers from Advanced Panel to panel level
data)
Compact Layers
Sort macros in the Macro/Run list
Generate Advanced Panel Venting and Thieving
ADDPANELTOOLINGHOLES
INTERACTIVEONCE
Extract image data without promoting
Fixed issue with copper area calc macro
Alternate formatting for $$DATE variable
ADDPANELFIDUCIALS
Fixed PARTPANELINSTANCE parameter of the select filter is now
valid for COPY, MOVE,
ERASE, and ROTATE commands
ADVANCED PANELIZATION
New Add Panel Tooling Hole command
New Add Panel Fiducial command
Fixed Layer Icon issue in Panel Layer Mapping dialog
Fixed Load Vent Pattern dialog issue being grayed out
Added support for clearance around Text boxes for Panel Venting
Added "Map Unmapped Layers by Type" button to layer mapping dialog,
it will map any
unmapped layers whose type matches a panel layer that does not have
an image layer
mapped to it
Panel Layer Mapping dialog is now resizable
Added Check Box to Layer Mapping dialog to hide unused layers
Panelization dialog and tab controls are now resizable
Fixed issue in Panel Optimize assuming the panel extents is at 0,0
Enabled viewing components at the panel level in a panelized
design
Fixed highlighting of Panel images
Automatically turn on composite viewing when generating venting
Added Image Justification to Panel Edge to Image spacing options
NC DATA
Enhanced Mill Path Editing
Mill compensation command now saves settings in registry
Add Mill command modifications: When adding mill paths
compensation is not turned
off while adding to existing mill paths and the compensation is
inherited from the
existing path
Added Right Click to Apply Compensation to Mill Path
Fixed issued when adding to existing Mill Path using Home key and
REL coordinates
NC Change Tool table is now working properly
Fixed issues deleting vertex from mill paths
OTHER
Fixed Netlist Generation command
max nets issue
Improved select filter handling of Part|Panel Instances
Net open errors now list the layers affected in the properties
Added "Unhighlight All" option to right click menu in navigator
Added right click V-Cut extend and trim commands
Changed Add/Rectangle to be polylines instead of draws
Fixed several Custom to Intrinsic issues
During Gerber import, the customs in this design become zero sized
apertures. Changed
handling of built in 274X macros. Non intrinsic macros now allow
zero sized lines
Fixed issue of export IPC- D-356 with adjacency
Created a new error message, "Missing Pad/Drill", that combines
the functionality of the missing pad and missing drill errors into
one error so that multiple errors are not created for the same
component
Fixed issued with missing Polygon void
"Show Unused" toggle command on the color bar now saves setting to
the registry
Fixed import of DXF issue with this file
Move & Rotate commands are now able to move part instances
Fine precision database support enhanced
Increased the design precision when saving Virtual Panels
Fixed two Toolbar keys that used the same Hotkey
Fixed Consolidate Vector issue
Fixed several Quick Convert issues
Layer copy using the navigator now copies the NC Table from the
source layer
VScore layers are now handled correctly during panel layer mapping
Fixed LayerToPolygon command missing data
Fixed the calculated Print Area too small on Export BMP
Fixed issue with creating small mill paths
Fixed Custom Aperture interpretation issue
Fixed problem deleting apertures over D999 from aperture table
Fixed Highlight issues during zoom in and out
Modified "View | Clear Highlights" command to also turn off any
analysis error highlighting
OTHER ENHANCEMENTS IN PREVIOUS
RELEASES
VisualCAM 2006
VisualCAM ver.
15.1
VisualCAM ver.
15.2
VisualCAM ver.
15.2 SR1
VisualCAM ver.
16.0 SR1
VisualCAM ver.
16.1
VisualCAM ver.
16.3 |
