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DownStream Upgrades CAM350, Adds New Rules Check
Written by Andy Shaughnessy
Thursday, 21 July 2005
BOLTON, MA – DownStream Technologies has updated its CAM350 verification solution. CAM350 V. 9 includes Streams Rule Check for performing PCB design analysis. This is said to allow users to shorten the amount of time spent analyzing a design by performing design rule checks, DFM checks and netlist comparison checks simultaneously.
“Analyzing Gerber layers in CAM systems is often a tedious and time-consuming procedure. For each type of design analysis to be performed, a PCB designer needs to set up and execute it separately, then view the results separately,” said DownStream founder Rick Almeida. “With Streams Rule Check, a designer can set up once and execute a variety of analysis simultaneously – or all in one ‘stream’ – saving time and increasing productivity.”
V 9 also contains enhancements to existing DFF and DRC functions including new negative plane checks, missing soldermask and floating antennas as well as a number of other enhancements and corrections.
Streams Rule Check reportedly allows users to create one set-up for DRC, DFF and netlist comparison; save multiple ‘streams’ based on technology, manufacturing capabilities or customer requirements to be used on future designs; execute separate analysis on discrete areas or different layers of the design; and view errors individually or in groups.
Design for fabrication analysis now includes new negative plane analysis; plated and unplated drill to copper; thermal annular ring; copper to true board edge; thermal tie width; plane separator minimum width; find antennas (non-terminating traces); missing soldermask clearance; and silkscreen minimum line width.
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