CR-8000 2021 printed circuit board design software features more than 150 enhancements ranging from architectural planning, system-level schematic design and verification, 3-D multi-board and advanced packing layout, through to manufacturing output generation.

Emphasizes facilitating improved design efficiency through benefits of early analysis. Constraint and simulation capabilities in System Planner and Design Gateway have been fine-tuned. Enhancements reportedly make marginal design problems more detectable with more robust constraint definition capabilities. For 3-D multi-board layout and routing, Design Force users benefit from new place by area, template, and reuse functionality that enables application of existing placement and routing patterns on new designs. Design Gateway now supports simulation of PCB parasitic effects in circuit design stage by including parasitic element models in SPICE simulations launched directly in schematic. Simulation model library manager comes in new interface and is designed to handle today’s volume of model data. Imports models from sources such as IBIS, SPICE, or S-Parameters. Signal integrity analysis functionality supports execution of parameter sweeps across multiple pin models in one pass. Explores most suitable model parameters in shortened timeframe. SI Analysis considers a more accurate model for surface roughness of copper PCB material. SI verification of differential pair routing reports measurement results of crossing voltages in tables and waveform display. Specifies automatic extraction and exporting of PI and EMI analysis results. Time-intensive analysis functions such as IBIS AMI SerDes are completed in less time. In Design Force, users can guide component placement for large boards based on schematic sheet component positioning. Exact placement and routing patterns from previous designs are reusable on new board designs with Create Used Board function. Can create specific functions for manual tasks such as creating anti-pads (protected areas around through-holes) or solder resist subtraction. Integration of Ansys simulation tools into Design Force has been extended to cover multi-physics analysis of multi-board designs to enable identification and correction of system-level design integrity issues. Multi-discipline designs can be transferred to Ansys in a single EDB file for analysis of multi-board designs, including mechanical chassis and enclosure data.

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