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Novitΰ ver. 16.8
NEW FEATURES AND COMMANDS
Via Analysis checks
Full complement of DRC checks
specific to vias. Via pads and drills are known when importing
from intelligent databases such as IPC-2581, ODB++ and GenCAD and
can now have separate DRC rules from regular pads and drills.
These new checks include:
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Via/Via Minimum spacing allowed
between vias.
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Via/Pin Minimum spacing allowed
between vias and component pins.
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Via/Trace Minimum spacing allowed
between pads and traces.
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Via/Border Minimum spacing allowed
between vias and the border.
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Via Min Size Minimum via size
allowed.
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Via/Drill Annulus Minimum annular
ring required between vias and drills.
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Via Drill/Direct to Plane Checks for
via drill locations on plane layers that represent a direct
connection.
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Via Drill/Adjacency Minimum spacing
required between adjacent via drill locations.
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Via/Top Mask & Via/Bot Mask Minimum
annular ring required between vias and the top/bottom solder mask.
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Via Drill/Top Mask & Via Drill/Bot
Mask Minimum annular ring required between via drills and the top/bottom
solder mask.
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Via/Top Silk & Via/Bot Silk Minimum
clearance required between vias and the top/bottom silkscreen
layer.
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Via/Missing Top Mask & Via/Missing
Bot Mask Checks for vias without openings on the top/bottom solder
mask.
Ability to ignore specific analysis errors on subsequent runs
The ignore error option allows you
to ignore individual analysis errors, hiding the error from the
normal error list and causing that error to not be reported during
future analysis runs with the same settings. DRC, DFF, Netlist
Compare and Layer Compare errors can be tagged to be ignored.
Right click on an error in the navigator and choose "Ignore
Error". The selected error is moved to the ignored error list and
will be ignored in any future analysis that generates that error.
When there are ignored errors defined, the "Ignored Errors" list
will be the first list in the analysis navigator.
Add Barcode
This command allows you to define
and add a barcode to your design. Create Code 39, Code 128 and Dot
Matrix barcodes. Use Inverted option of the barcodes to create the
barcode in a copper area. Once created your barcode will be added
to the aperture table as a custom.
Create Mill Paths from Tabs
Added a new command to the Tools/NC
menu to create mill paths from break tabs. You can now easily
create new mill paths on a separate NC Layer so the routing
machine can remove the tabs.
Flatten Customs on Export of
Gerber
Choosing this option in the export
settings for Gerber prevents the use of aperture macros in the
exported Gerber file. With this option on the custom aperture
macros will be flattened and output as polygons.
Support for Peck Drilling,
Pinless Rout and Depth Control
Added support for peck drilling (Sieb
& Meyer G81/G80, Excellon M62/m63) and Sieb & Meyer pinless rout
(G11) command.
Added support for depth control
parameters Z, K and H. The Sieb & Meyer Properties dialog has
controls to set the following depth control options:
- Absolute Working Plane (Z): Distance between the table surface
and the absolute working plane.
- Relative Working Plane (K): Distance between the board surface
and the relative working plane.
- Absolute Traveling Plane (H): Distance between the table surface
and the absolute traveling plane.
IPC2581 ENHANCEMENTES AND FIXES
REVB1 Optional Export
Added support for B1 Name attribute in the Property element
Export now supports Modes and optional layer inclusion\exclusion
Fixed incorrect application of the angle attribute
All True/False booleans are now lower case in 2581 Export
Step and Repeat enhancement
2581 file from Eagle now imports
FHS (finish hole size) in 2581 output
Xform handling updated
Fixed IPC-2581 - TolPercent should be True not Yes
Fixed Zuken IPC2581 REVB file import issues
Fixed B1 Thermal "gap" should be "spoke width"
NEW MACRO COMMANDS
GENERATEVENTINGTHIEVING Advanced
Panel venting/thieving
GETINSTANCECOUNT - gives you a count of how many of a given
instance are in a panel design
ADDVIEWTAB allows you to add View Tabs through a macro
ADDRECTROUNDED to support radius corners
DELETEANALYSYSERRRORS Allows you to delete all lists from the
analysis error section of the navigator
STRLWR - converts all characters in a string to lowercase
STRUPR - converts all characters in a string to uppercase
Enhanced CLIP macro command
Enhanced PADREMOVAL macro now supports a Tolerance if you want all
pads that are offset from each other within a certain amount to be
considered Stacked Pads
Fixed $$DSNNAME System Variable to update after SAVEAS command
ixed $$MAXLAYERS to update whenever layer table size is increased
ADVANCED PANELIZATION
Macros commands added to support
automation of Advanced Panelization
o Generate Venting and Thieving: GENERATEVENTINGTHIEVING
o Get image instance Count: GETINSTANCECOUNT
Import 2581 Panel now defaults to "Use Panel Border"
Layer Type of Other now auto maps in Advanced Panel when name
matches
OTHER
Added ability to copy data to a
V-Score Layer using copy commands or through the navigator
Fixed load time on files with large number of segmented arcs
Fixed issue with Pin Point errors during Save
ixed Chamfered corner issue coming out rounded after intrinsic
conversion
ixed Load and Save time with files that have very large netlist
data sections
Isolated Pad Removal Enhancements:
o Added option to allow only isolated pads with a drill to be removed
from inner layers
o Changed to allow isolated pads that are completely drilled out on top/bot
layers to be removed
o Layers no longer have to be visible
o Valid netlist is no longer required
o Updated macro command to include new parameters DRILLEDPADSONLY and
THRUHOLELAYER
NC Change Tool table from the Navigator now works properly
Fixed issue with NC Optimize by NC Group
Fixed typo during tab load if existing tabs with the same name
already exist
ixed Design Compare of Text showing false error
DB++ files will now load in even if the job folder is missing the
standard font file
Panelized designs opened in a macro will now automatically map new
image layers
Added option to combine D-Codes on Consolidate Vector Items
command
Fixed issue with Layer Compare error report not showing error type
xport NC new verifies the NC Tool and Link Tool are not using the
same Tool number
Dimensioning Enhancements:
o Added support for adding dimensions to data within panel instances.
Dimensioning between data within an instance and panel data or data
within other instances is permitted
o Added support for polylines
o Fixed problem with adding or modifying an existing dimension that
resulted in other dimensions being corrupted
Fixed issued with loading CAM350 Composite data
Fixed Custom to intrinsic issue on these Gerber files during
import
Fixed issue of importing this ODB++ design with EDA option
Added FHS, Tol Plus, and Tol Minus to NC Tool Table and Hole Chart
dialogs
Added support to set FHS when setting Tolerance from the IDF file
Fixed Custom to Intrinsic oblong shapes
Fixed issue of Mill path joining together even when user selected
No in the dialog
Fixed the Add Mill path changing the start point
You can now change the active D-Code during Add Rectangle
Fixed Custom to Intrinsic processing when processing arcs on this
rotated rectangle
Fixed issues with automatic Convert Drawn Pads
Fixed rotated custom apertures coming from CAM350 data set
Hotkey Y - Layer Setup now updates the Color Bar
View Highlights Toolbar button has been updated to behave like a
Hotkey
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
GerbTool ver.
15.1
GerbTool ver.
15.2
GerbTool ver.
15.2 SR1
GerbTool ver.
16
GerbTool ver.
16 SR1
GerbTool ver.
16.7 |
