ERC ensures that the design engineer works in an error-free and valid design environment. With the new DipTrace version, users get an improved ERC system. More than 11,000 models available in the library. DipTrace supports formats such as 3DS, VRML, STEP, and IGES files. The PCB model can be exported as a CAD (STEP, VRML) file. The 3D module permits the user to preview the PCB, rotate and orient it in real-time thanks to hardware acceleration. This great feature is integrated with the PCB Layout and Pattern Editor. Component and Pattern editors support a smart library structure and quick component creation using integrated templates.įeatures such as bulk pin naming, pad numbering and editing help the designer build multi-part complex components and patterns with a large number of pins, quickly. The latest version includes a cross-module library management system with component and pattern editors with direct import from external sources. The PCB can also be previewed in 3D and exported for MCAD modeling. This system can also predict potential errors. Users get real-time DRC, which reports errors dynamically. Of course, if you are using the toner transfer method, you would follow the same mirroring rules as described above, as that method requires you to have the image against the board's surface.DipTrace PCB Layout is a high-level solution for board design with smart manual routing of high-speed and diff signals, shape-based auto-routing, and multiple import/export features. Design requirements can be defined by net classes, class-to-class rules, and settings by object types for each class or layer. I also add alignment marks for double-sided boards, tape both transparencies together while observing proper orientation, and then slip the unexposed PCB between the layers. You would not mirror the BOTTOM layer when printing it.įor all boards, I put a little symbol off the active area so I can easily tell which is the printed side. Thus, in printing the TOP layer, you would mirror it. That practice is supposed to give a sharper image on the board.
If that is the case, it is common practice to put the printed side (i.e., toner or ink side) of the transparency against the PCB board for exposure. You do mention "transparency" in your original post, and that could imply that you are using photosensitized PCB boards. Sorry to joint late, but I didn't notice where you said explicitly how you were transferring the image to the board.
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