Looking for an DWG or DXF conversion
tool requiring Intelligence?
CAD Design
Software has developed powerful,
semi-automatic intelligent conversion
processes of taking raw DWG/DXF artwork
entities and adding the intelligent
infrastructure to identify all the areas
such as, bondwire information, single or
multi-die, slope downset, stackup
material and structure, signal, pins and
net information and much more. The
concept is to take these raw entities
and identify them with user-selected
input. The user will then give the
software a roadmap and recipe of how the
design is made up and how it will
process it into something intelligent.
After the re-intelligizing
process, other typical design tasks that
would take hours are now available
using time-saving routines
available in
EPD. The final
setup/prepare is the compatibility check
for the 3rd party program that will
receive the data. CAD Design
Software has developed software programs
to setup and verify these routines that
will allow the user to quickly setup
those
required parameters and
attributes and send to host application
directly from EPD.
The Electronics Packaging Designer or EPD design engine will turn AutoCAD into an intelligent EDA design environment. Not only can EPD create an intelligent working environment and convert raw artwork into full design packages semi-automatically, but EPD has many unique and enhanced EDA-type tools available to make design modifications, remove or replace entities, update die and wires for diameter, material and bond end types, compare current and existing netlists, run detailed reports for common pre-production tasks for assembly and manufacturing, perform accurate Design Rule Clearance checking routines, import design information from MS Excel files, and much more.
But Wait, there is
more…
EPD is not
just a conversion tool but is a
fully developed,
world-class EDA design system
capable of creating
PCB,
Ceramic,
Flex
and
BGA IC designs from scratch (concept
to completion) or building on raw
DWG/DXF from all types of Lead frame
packages. A much larger feature is that
EPD
utilizes the most used graphic
design engine, AutoCAD, and also
supports. Because of the
graphic platform these engines offer,
there are no limits for
Units, Layers, Arcs Shapes,
polyline boundaries or overlaps. Also
when used in the design for, Specialized
IC packages, odd-shaped RF circuits and
nets, Flexible circuits or complex Lead
Frame patterns that may
be impossible to create or
process in other EDA design software
products. EPD works on the shapes and
layers of all entities and can assign
them each a unique attribute that will
give the shape(s) connectivity and
include
them on all required
processes for the object(s).
CDS has assembled tool sets called Designer Suites that contain all the tools and processes to get your raw DWG or DXF data ready to use the tools offered in the EPD design environment. For example, the design may need adjustments to lengths or add traces, replace parts, reduce a tapering segment, import a new Netlist and apply it to the design, run advanced DRC routines and create custom DRC groups for multiple objects.
EPD tools take the raw artwork and layers, re-use the text elements for pins and signals, use lines that will be converted into the more versatile CDSpolyline, and create a base intelligent design layout that can be quickly and accurately modified, updated, DRC checked, post reports for assembly and manufacturing needs and output to GDSII or Gerber. Even at this point, the final designs that were either built from scratch in EPD or imported from raw artwork that was run through the re-intelligize process.