1.- Import and export AutoCAD DXF files
You can now use ViewMate Pro to view and edit DXF files. For example, if a board outline is provided as a DXF file, it can be imported into ViewMate Pro. It can then be used to generate the needed fabrication files and also processed using Smart DFM. Users can also export any Gerber layer to a DXF file.
DXF to Gerber
Sometimes fab drawings are in DXF because the PCB was not designed in a PCB CAD system, but in AutoCAD
Gerber to DXF
This can be useful for editing Gerber data in AutoCAD, which may have more sophisticated geometrical tools than most CAM systems.
2.- Stencil module. It allows generation of stencil shapes from PCB (Gerber) data
- Import and export multiple PCB data formats (Gerber, DPF, NC drill)
- Import and merge multiple aperture list formats
3.- Automatic layer to layer comparison
You can easily find changes in revisions of the
4.- Ability to select electrically connected elements
One can click on location in a layer and Pro will compute everything that is electrically connected to it going through the other layers as well, using drill and via layers to determine connectivity. All connected elements will be highlighted so that they can be visually inspected.
5.- Import netlist files (IPC-356A)
After import, netlist connectivity can be inspected in the main view using net names.
6.- Select duplicate or covered elements
For cleanup of PCB data.
7.- Sorting holes in drill layers
By proximity or using serpentine sort. This optimizes drill data prior to export and can result in large time savings while producing the board.
8.- Compute the copper area of layers
One can click on location in a layer and Pro will compute everything that is electrically connected to it going through the other layers as well, using drill and via layers to determine connectivity. All connected elements will be highlighted so that they can be visually inspected.
9.- Clip silkscreen layers
They don't overlap with copper on the corresponding circuit layer.
10.- Create soldermaks layers
From drill or padmaster layers
