Technical Tips for BluePrint and CAM350

Below is a collection of all the Tips from Downstream DataFlows eNewsletter. This is your one stop source to see all available article in their entirety. These are packed with helpful information on how to perform different tasks, use certain functionality, and troubleshoot specific issues. For additional helpful information, please view Technical Guides as well.

If you require additional assistance or if you have any questions, please email support.

BluePrint Tech Tips

• Drill Charts - 2 scenarios using one example for the answers 
  • Creating your Drill Table to sort out the Via Counts
  • Display the start layer and end layer in your drill chart for each via type (Customizing your BluePrint Drill Chart)
• Display order for PCB View Objects
• Drawing Type Differences
• How to Update Design Variants
• Shape Fill Tools Explained
• Integration with Corporate ERP Systems
• Panel Array Functionality

CAM350 Tech Tips 

• Panelization of Multiple Boards in CAM350
• IPC Netlist Compare - An In-Depth View for Release 10
• Alignment of Gerber Data in CAM350
• Composites as an Editing Tool
• PADS Gerber and Drill Output Preparation
• Netlist Extraction
• Navigation Pane in CAM350
• Pad Modification for Stencils, Mask and Paste Layers
• Data Selection Methods for Editing
• Add Polygon Features and Benefits
• In depth Look at IPC Netlist Compare 
• Gerber Import and Polygon Arcs

CAM350 Advisories 

• Complete Application Manual - is built into the help system of CAM350
• Integration with PADS Layout - If you have experienced failures when trying to link to CAM350 from inside PADS
• Manual FlexLM Setup - Instructions for adding DownStream products to an existing windows-based license server
• Harlock Key Troubleshooting (for CAM350 9.5) - If CAM350 installation using hardlock key is starting up in demo mode
• Keyless Licensing Guide - CAM350 installation using keyless licensing is starting up in demo mode
• Network Licensing Guide (8.0 and later) - CAM350 installation using network license is starting up in demo mode
• HPGL Export - Methods for getting HPGL and HPGL/2 exports out of CAM350
• Panel Template - how to create panel templates from scratch, plus conversion of legacy templates to CAM350 8.5
• Panelization|Create - Temporary solution for issues running "panelization|create" multiple times on the same database
• Sentinel Drivers - conflicts with sentinel driver versions, CAM350 runs in shareward mode after installing PADS2004
• Setting up PADS for proper drill and Gerber export - 5 minute demo explaining exactly how to set this up - Save demo file
• Text display problem - text added using a true type font or changed to a true type font displays incorrectly
• Windows XP Service Pack 2 - causing FlexLM license failures due to inability to acquire the license file

CAM350 Technical Articles

• IPC-D-356 Simplified
• Reverse Engineering Tutorial