Automated PCB manufacturing documentation release package system and method
AssigneeDownstream Technologies, LLC
InventorsRichard Almeida, William Newhard, Sergey Nikiforenko
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Abstract
An automated PCB manufacturing documentation release package system including a PCB database including PCB CAD data associated with a CAD file of a PCB design, and a shape engine configured to display simultaneous views of a given PCB from the PCB database including different views of the PCB and configured to retrieve the data in the PCB database and create reconfigurable objects displayable simultaneously in the forms of different views of the PCB such that any change in the design of the PCB is reflected in the different views.
Claims39
An automated PCB manufacturing documentation release package system comprising:
- a PCB database including PCB CAD data associated with a CAD file of a PCB design;
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- a shape engine configured to display simultaneous views of a given PCB from the PCB database including different views of the PCB and configured to retrieve the data in the PCB database and create reconfigurable objects displayable simultaneously in the forms of different views of the PCB such that any change in the design of the PCB is reflected in the different views.
An automated PCB manufacturing documentation release package system comprising:
- a PCB database including PCB CAD data of a PCB CAD file of a PCB design;
- a shape engine configured to display simultaneous views of a given PCB from the PCB CAD data including different views of the PCB and configured to retrieve the PCB CAD data in the PCB database and create reconfigurable objects displayable simultaneously in the forms of different views of the PCB such that any change in the design of the PCB is reflected in the different views;
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- an authoring tools module interfaced with said shape engine for interactively adding and modifying said reconfigurable objects to create a manufacturing documentation release package linked to said PCB database.
An automated PCB manufacturing documentation release package system comprising:
- a GUI framework module for providing graphical interface;
- an import module for importing a CAD file of a PCB design into a PCB database;
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- a shape engine configured to read said PCB database and generate a hierarchy of objects including methods which interface with an authoring tools module to provide reconfigurable drawing elements displayable simultaneously in the form of different views of the PCB wherein said reconfigurable drawing elements are interactively added and modified to create a manufacturing documentation release package such that any change in the design of the PCB is reflected in said manufacturing documentation release package.
An automated PCB manufacturing documentation release package system comprising:
- a PCB database including PCB CAD data associated with a CAD file of a PCB design;
- and
- a shape engine configured to display simultaneous views of a given PCB from the PCB database including different views of the PCB and configured to retrieve the data in the PCB database and create reconfigurable drawing elements displayable simultaneously in the forms of different views of the PCB such that any change in the design of the PCB is reflected in the different views.
An automated PCB manufacturing documentation release package system comprising:
- a PCB database including PCB CAD data associated with a PCB design;
- and
- a shape engine configured to read the PCB CAD data and create one or more reconfigurable drawing elements that are displayable as one or more views of the PCB such that any change in the design of the PCB is reflected in said one or more views.
An automated PCB manufacturing documentation release package system comprising:
- a PCB database including PCB CAD data associated with a CAD file of a PCB design;
- and
- a shape engine configured to retrieve the PCB CAD data in the PCB database to create reconfigurable objects displayable simultaneously in the forms of different views of the PCB wherein said reconfigurable objects are modified and annotated to create a manufacturing documentation release package linked to said PCB CAD data such that a change in the design of the PCB is reflected in the said manufacturing documentation release package and said different views.
A method for providing automated PCB documentation and a release package, the method comprising the steps of:
- importing a CAD file of a PCB design into a PCB database;
- displaying simultaneous views of a given PCB from said PCB database including different views of the PCB;
- retrieving the data in said PCB database;
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- generating reconfigurable objects displayable simultaneously in said different views of said PCB such that any changes in the design of the PCB are reflected in the different views.
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