Compare CAM Features
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FAB 3000 |
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| User Friendly & Intuitive Gerber Viewing environment. |  |
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| Open and View Workspace files (*.wrk) | |
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| Save Workspace files (*.wrk) | |
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| Print to Printer | |
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| Print to PDF | |
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| Generate Realistic Photo Preview | |
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 Import |
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| Gerber, NC Drill, Rout, HPGL, ODB++, Netlist (IPC-D-356 / IPC-D-356A) | |
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| Import CAD and CAM aperture lists | |
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| ODB++ Components | |
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| DXF / DWG | |
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| DXF / DWG Advanced Options (Join, De-Embed,Assign Fonts, Merge, and more). | |
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| Part Centroid File | |
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| BOM File | |
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| Image (Bitmap, Tiff, PNG, Jpeg) | |
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| Matrix File | |
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| Postscript / PDF | |
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| High Resolution Bitmap (from 10MB to 2GB) | |
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| Footprint Library | |
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| 3D STEP (AP 214, AP 203 & more) | |
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| IGES | |
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| ACIS (SAT and SAB) | |
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| Solid Works (SLDPRT) | |
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| 3D STL | |
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| Export |
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| Gerber (RS-274D, RS-274X, Fire9000) | |
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| HPGL | |
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| NC Drill | |
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| DXF / DWG | |
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| ODB++ | |
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| NC Rout/Mill | |
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| GDS II (Calma Stream) | |
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| High Resolution Bitmap (output up to 2GB) | |
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| X/Y Part Centroid File (used for various pick & place machines) | |
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| BOM File | |
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| Postscript | |
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| Footprint Library | |
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| 3D STEP (AP 214, AP 203 & more) | |
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| IGES | |
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| ACIS (SAT and SAB) | |
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| 3D STL | |
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| 3D PDF | |
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| Design Rule Check (DFM / DRC) |
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| Minimum Check: Pad Size, Trace Width, SMT Pad Width, Annular Ring,. | |
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| Minimum Clearance: Copper to Board Edge, Outer Layers, Inner Layers, Track-Track, Track-Pad, Pad-Pad, Drill-Copper. | |
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| Drill Check: Minimum Size, Double Hits, Pads without drills, Plated Drill without Pads, Touching Drill Hits. Minimum Clearance: Plated drill to copper, Unplated Drill to copper, Drill hole spacing. | |
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| Silkscreen Check: Silkscreen over Mask | |
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| Mask Check: Find Undersize and Missing Mask Clearances. | |
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| Plane Check: Minimum Annular ring, Minimum Clearance, Minimum Width | |
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| Advanced Signal Checks: Same Net Clearance, Hole Registration, Find Redundant Pads, Find Unconnected Lines, Features Connection, Verify Text features, Find Acid Traps, Find Nonfunctional Pads, Find Net Discrepancy, Find Antennas, Copper Sliver Check. | |
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| Advanced Drill Checks: Find Drill-Plane Shorts | |
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Advanced Silkscreen Checks: Find Silkscreen over Copper Text, Silkscreen clearance to board edge. Minimum Clearance: Sikscreen-Copper, Silkscreen-Drill, Silkscreen-Rout, Silkscreen Line-Line, Silkscreen Line-Pad, Silkscreen Pad-Pad. |
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| Advanced Mask Checks: Find Mask Slivers, Find Solder Bridges, Detect Partial Clearances. Minimum Clearance: Mask-Rout, Draw-Draw, Draw-Pad, Pad-Pad. | |
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| Advanced Plane Checks: Minimum Thermal Airgap, Minimum Thermal Spoke Width, Minimum Plane-Rout Clearance, Find Starved Thermals, Find Power-Ground Shorts, Find Negative Plane Thermal Conflicts, Find Drill-Plane Registration Issues. | |
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| Assembly/Part Check: Minimum Clearance between Components, Minimum Component Height, Find Overlapping Components, Find Invalid Ref Des, Find Invalid Component Rotation, Detect Footprint Pad Registration. | |
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| Browse and pinpoint each DFM/DRC violations. | |
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| Generate DFM Report (as PDF, CSV, Text, and Microsoft Excel). | |
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| Manage Multiple DFM Checks simultaneously. | |
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| Editing |
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| Edit (Move, Copy, Rotate, Delete, Flip, Scale, Explode, Array, Stretch, Split, Attributes, Vertex, Trim, Boolean, and more). | |
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| Edit Layers (Alignment, Merge, Delete, Add, and more). | |
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| Add (Flash, Trace, Polygon, Wide Path, Rectangle, Arc, Circle, Text) | |
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| Add (Multi-Line Text, Drill Hits & Rout Paths) | |
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| Add (Dimensions) | |
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| Composite Layer Editing (Build, Flatten, & Separate) | |
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| Convert Draw to Flash (Interactive) | |
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| Convert Selected Objects to Custom Aperture | |
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| Convert Selected Objects to New Job | |
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| Edit/Modify existing Custom Apertures | |
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| Film Wizard (Optimize & combines layers for film output) | |
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| DeEmbed (Detect Islands & Holes) | |
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| Chamfer | |
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| Fillet | |
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| Boolean Operations (OR, AND, XOR, Subtract) | |
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| Edit In Place (Individually edit Inserts in place) | |
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| Find Components | |
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| Convert Draw to Flash (Selective & Automatic) | |
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| Fabrication Tools |
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| Copper Area Calculation | |
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| Silkscreen Optimizer | |
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| Copper Pour | |
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| Etch Compensation | |
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| Pin Hole Elimination | |
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| Remove Pads (Isolated/Stacked) | |
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| Redundant Line Removal | |
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| Teardrop Creation | |
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| Grow / Shrink (Enlarge or Reduce Objects) | |
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| Remove Covered Data | |
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| Generate Paste Layer | |
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| Create Drill Layer (PTH) | |
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| Convert Gerber Layer to Drill | |
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| Netlist |
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| Netlist Extraction (handles Blind/Buried Vias & Split Planes) | |
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| Netlist Report (as PDF, CSV, Text, and Microsoft Excel). | |
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| Query Nets | |
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| Measure Net to Net | |
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| View External Nets | |
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| Apply External Nets Names | |
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| Netlist Comparison | |
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| Edit Nets | |
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| Netlist Table | |
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| Find Net Shorts | |
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| Advanced SMT Stencil Tools |
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| Homebase Pad Conversion | |
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| C-Pad Conversion | |
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| Split Pads | |
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| Scale Pads | |
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| Pad Pitch Adjustment | |
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| Heel and Toe Edits | |
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| Add Epoxy Bars | |
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| Bow tie Pads | |
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| NC Editor |
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| Full-Featured NC Drill & Rout Editor | |
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| Add Drill: Hole, Slot (G85), Circle (G84), Text Horizontal (M97), Text Vertical (M97). | |
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| Add Rout: Path, Slot, Circle Clockwise (G32), Circle Counter-Clockwise (G33). | |
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| Add Rout Tab | |
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| Change Rout Path Direction | |
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| Convert NC Layer to Gerber | |
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| Convert Gerber to NC Layer | |
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| Assembly/Components |
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| Add Components | |
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| Insert Components | |
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| Footprint Detection Wizard | |
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| Silkscreen Detection Wizard | |
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| Assembly Analysis | |
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| Centroid Table Modification | |
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| BOM Table Modification | |
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| Generate and export Part Centroid File | |
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| Generate and export BOM (Bill of Materials) File | |
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| Footprint Browser (View & Organize all footprints) | |
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| Utilities |
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| Physical Comparison between Layers | |
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| Graphical Comparison between Layers | |
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| Layer Scale X/Y (Scale layers using separate X and Y values) | |
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| Physical Comparison between Jobs | |
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| Graphical Comparison between Jobs | |
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| Polygon Conversion (Convert overlapping objects to a single polygon) | |
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| Join Wizard (Close & fill open boundaries) | |
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| LUA Custom Applications |
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| Create, Load, and Run Lua Scripts & Binary Applications | |
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| Debug Apps | |
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| Built-In App Editor (Edit & run while inside FAB 3000) | |
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| Buy, Sell, and Write Custom Lua Apps for FAB 3000 | |
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| 3D |
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| Create Physical 3D Layer Stackup with Z-Base and Thickness. | |
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| Flatten 3D Solids to 2D Geometries (polygons & flashes) | |
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| Generate 3D representations of Components with Heights (allow Mechanical CAD to verify PCB with board & component heights). | |
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| Remove Vias from Metal Areas. | |
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| Create separate 3D assemblies for Drill and Dielectrics. | |
