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Novità ver. 15.0
REVISED PRODUCT CONFIGURATIONS
Helping the industry strive towards a more intelligent transfer of
data from Design to
Manufacturing, WISE has revised the product configurations for
GT-Communicator, GT-Inspector,
and GT-Designer so that they now include support for ODB++, ODB++
(X), and IPC-2581. All of
these interfaces will cover both importing and exporting. Using
these interfaces will help you to
be more compatible with CAD systems from vendors like Cadence and
Mentor, who are now
including output to ODB++. In addition, WISE is anticipating the
adoption of IPC-2581 by various
CAD vendors as their “default” intelligent data transfer format, and
is making this interface
available now to help you become more familiar with it.
- ODB++ Import and Export are now
included at no additional charge within GT-
Communicator, GT-Inspector, and GT-Designer.
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ODB++ (X)
Import and Export are now included at no additional charge within
GT-
Communicator, GT-Inspector, and GT-Designer.
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IPC-2581
Import and Export are now included at no additional charge within
GT-
Communicator, GT-Inspector, and GT-Designer.
HYPERNETLIST GENERATION
Netlist generation is a “core” feature in many processes within
GerbTool, so performance in this
area is critical. You will benefit from performance increases of
15-20 times that of any previous
GerbTool release. CAM350 users who have recently migrated to
GerbTool will see a 5-10 times
increase over their previous product. HyperNETLIST generation brings
the performance of
GerbTool on-par with high-end tools, such as Valor’s Enterprise3000
and Mania Technologie’s
UCAM. This increase in performance will allow you to complete
processes like netlist comparison
in under 15-minutes total processing time, for both the netlist
generation and the comparison
itself. These extreme throughput increases translate directly to
your ability to perform the checks
and analysis you need, without negatively impacting your overall
processing time, thus
improving not only the accuracy of your design but also improving
your time-to-market.
- Faster netlist generation means
less impact on overall processing time, thus helping
you to improve your accuracy and time-to-market.
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5-10X faster
performance than CAM350 netlist generation on most designs.
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15-20X faster
performance than any previous GerbTool product release, on most
designs.
HYPERNETLIST COMPARISON
One of the primary reasons you want to generate a netlist from your
Gerber data is so that you
can then do a comparison against a CAD-generated IPC-D-356 netlist.
Performance and accuracy
increases being one of the keys to this release, netlist comparison
has also been enhanced to
operate at optimal levels. You can expect to see roughly a 5X
improvement in comparison times
over previous releases. Helping you to leverage the error results to
their maximum benefit, we
have now included a new Pin-Point Error feature designed to zero-in
on any shorts or opens that
were detected during the comparison process. This feature alone can
tremendously reduce the
amount of time necessary to troubleshoot a job, by eliminating the
need for you to have to
visually trace the offending nets involved within the short or open
error.
- Netlist comparison performance
that is comparable to Valor Enterprise3000 and Mania
UCAM, on most designs.
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5X faster
performance than any previous GerbTool product release, on most
designs.
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New Pin-Point
Error technology is designed to help you zero-in on shorts or opens.
AUTOMATIC DRAWN PAD CONVERSION
You will enjoy the ability to process an entire data set “hands-off”
with our new Automatic Drawn
Pad Conversion feature. Automatic Drawn Pad Conversion will process
your data significantly
faster than ever before, with the added benefit of maintaining pads
like rounded rectangles with
standard intrinsic apertures – there is no need for custom apertures.
In cases were a conversion
could not occur, an error is logged within the Analysis tree, where
you can review and correct as
required.
- Converts drawn pads to flash
pads quickly and efficiently in a true “hands-off”
manner.
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Uses solder
mask layer for accurate analysis of pads that need to be converted.
The
Solder mask layer does not have to be flashed.
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Supports the
conversion of rounded rectangles with an intrinsic aperture; no
custom
apertures required.
STENCIL ENHANCEMENTS
We first introduced the Stencil Enhancement feature in GerbTool
version 14. Working with some
of our existing stencil users, we have further optimized the Stencil
Enhancement feature to be
more flexible in its ability to accommodate a wide range of
processing techniques. Originally the
Stencil Enhancement feature was designed to work in conjunction with
the Paste Mask
Generator/Optimizer; however there are times when some users need to
work from an existing
paste mask layer, without any optimization, and make enhancements to
specific pad-pair
openings that are necessary to comply with a customer’s requirements.
To this end, now you can
increase or decrease openings while simultaneously adjusting the
shape configuration of a
particular pad-pair. In addition, rounded corners can be applied to
all enhanced shapes. You will
also benefit from the ability to work with either percentages or
physical amounts when
developing your rules for pad-pair enhancement. You can also
“justify” your enhanced openings
along any edge of the copper pad that the opening is associated with.
- Added support for
“justification” of the paste mask opening being enhanced.
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Revised data
entry fields to support “increases” or “decreases” by using positive
or
negative numbers on either a percentage or physical amount basis.
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Increased
enhancement control with support for rounded corners on all shapes
as well
as height and width control.
OTHER ENHANCEMENTS IN PREVIOUS
RELEASES
GerbTool ver.
11.0
GerbTool ver.
12.0
GerbTool ver.
13.0
GerbTool ver.
14.x |
