CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
8 July 2004
Product News
AutoVue 18 Adds New EDA Features & Formats
Cimmetry Systems announced that upcoming AutoVue version 18 includes many new EDA features. These include the ability to verify designs for manufacturability, cross-probe 3D PCBs and create & save user-defined layer sets. AutoVue 18 will be released this month.
New EDA features in AutoVue 18:
• Verify Design: Test for manufacturability or design violations (pad/trace/component clearances, drill hole size, via counts, net width/length, short circuits, unrouted nets, empty nets, unconnected pins ...) by setting multiple tolerances/constraints. Export the detected violations or save them to a PLM or QA system using AutoVue's APIs.
• Cross-Probe between a PCB Layout or schematic and the 3D PCB. For example, select a component in a layout or schematic and it is located and highlighted in the 3D model or vice-versa.
• Combine 3D PCBs with mechanical parts to create a digital mockup.
• Define and save your own layer layer sets (views) or access those pre-defined in the design file.
• Filter by entity type. For example: turn entities on/off by type, such as pins, vias, nets or components.
New EDA formats supported in AutoVue 18:
• Mentor Expedition PCB and Design Capture 2002.
• Orcad Layout and Capture Version 10.
• Several other EDA formats have been added since AutoVue 17.1 and were released in service packs to customers under maintenance including: Cadence Allegro 15, Cadence Concept HDL 14 & 15, Cadence SPECCTRA 14, 15, HP IFF 3.0, PADS PowerPCB 4.0, PADS PowerLogic 4.0 & 5.0, Protel PCB/Schematics, 98, 99, 99SE ...
Many new features and formats aimed at the 3D mechanical and A/E/C markets were also added to AutoVue 18.
AutoVue 18 adds support for many new formats. All new features and formats are available in both the desktop and client-server editions of AutoVue and integrate with PLM, ERP, EDM or Document Management systems.
AutoVue allows users to view, markup and collaborate in real-time on over 450 native formats from a common user interface. Available in both Desktop and Client-Server Editions, the product allows users to access and provide feedback on critical product data, regardless of format, either locally or over a network/Internet. The AutoVue API is also available to OEM partners wishing to add visualization, markup, DMU and real-time collaboration capabilities to their products.
To download a fully functional evaluation version, try an online demo, or schedule a real-time collaboration meeting using AutoVue, visit http://www.cimmetry.com
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