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Novità ver. 15.1
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
GerbTool ver.
15.0 |
