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Mastering DFM: CAM's Role in Closing the Designer-Fabricator Gap

DFM Accountability is the Foundation of Modern PCB Success The electronics industry is in a constant race to bring products to market at a breakneck pace and the pressure on printed circuit board fabricators these days is enormous. Modern CAD systems like Altium Designer, KiCad, or Eagle empower engineers with evermore intelligent tools to create extremely complex layouts with great precision, but the transition from digital design to manufacturing a

The Designer’s Edge: Making the Case for Adding Dedicated CAM Tools in the PCB Design Workflow

EDA tools like Altium Designer, PADS, OrCAD, and many others provide design engineers with extremely powerful and intelligent capabilities to create complex schematics and to design intricate PCB layouts. But when it comes to transitioning from design to manufacturing, the process of preparing accurate and optimized manufacturing files can be complex and error-prone. Taking a set of Gerber files and sending it off to a fabricator without much verification presents