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ACE Translator 3000 versus Other CAD Translators

 

 

ACE 3000 Professional

LinkCAD

ASM500

ASM3500

Translator Features      
Price $995 $2500 $2000 $3500
     
Import      
DXF check check check check
DWG check      
Gerber (RS-274X) check check check  
Gerber (RS-274D, Fire9000) check   check  
Aperture Converter (Loads any Aperture File) - for Gerber RS-274D Importing check      
GDS-II check check   check
NC Drill / Mill Data check      
HPGL check check    
Image (TIFF, BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF) check check    
Postscript check check    
PDF check check    
ODB++ check      
OASIS (New Stream Format) check check    
Large Bitmap (Import huge bitmaps of any size) check      
STL (stereolithography) binary check check    
Compressed File (Zip, Tar, GZ, etc) check      
ACE Workspace check      
New Design (Start from scratch) check      
     
Export      
         
DXF check check check check
DWG check      
Gerber (RS-274X) check check check  
GDS-II check check    
NC Drill check check check  
Image (TIFF, BMP, JPEG, PNG, GIF) check      
Postscript check check    
PDF check      
ODB++ check      
OASIS (New Stream Format) check      
Large Bitmap (Export huge bitmaps of any size) check      
IGES, STL check      
     
Built-In Viewer      
Complete Viewing capabilities ( Unlimited Zoom, Pan, Scrolling, etc.) check check check check
Object Hover instantly highlights object and properties. check      
Positive / Negative Data Handling check check check check
Layer Information / Properties check check check check
Query: All object properties  (Dcode, Instances, and more) check check check check
Query Nets check      
Measure: Point to Point check check check check
Measure: Object to Object, Net to Net check      
Find: Dcode, Property, Job Insert, Composite Level check check check check
Find: Net, Pin check      
Add Ruler / Remove Rulers check      
Aperture and Drill Table check check check  
Graphical Comparison between Layers check      
Graphical Comparison between Cells check      
Find All Open Boundaries check check check check
     
Editing      
Edit (Move, Copy, Rotate, Flip, Scale, Explode, Array, Attributes, Stretch, and more). check      
Layers (Alignment, Merge, Delete, Add, and more). check      
Layer Scale X/Y (Scale layers using separate X and Y values) check      
Add (Flash, Trace, Polygon, Wide Path, Rectangle, Arc, Circle, Text, Multi-Line Text, Drill Hit) check      
Cell (Insert Cell, New Cell, Delete Cell, Push-Pop Cell, Open Selected Cell, Cell Information) check      
     
Tools      
Merge Overlapping Objects check      
De-Embed Objects (Solves the object-Inside-of-object problem) check check check check
Flatten Composite check check check check
Flatten Hierarchy check check   check
2D Boolean Engine (OR, AND, XOR, Subtract, Invert, Sequential) check check    
Composite Tools (Build Composite Layer, Separate Composite, Edit Composite) check      
Clip Area Wizard (Cut out a specific area of a design for separate analysis, etc.) check      
Remove Tiny Segments check      
Chop Polygons check      
Composite Layer Editing check      
Fix Invalid Polygons check check check check
Convert to Rectangle check check check check
Convert to Circle check check check  
Join Adjacent Lines & Arcs check check check check
Join Wizard (Interactive) check      




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