What's new in GC-CAM Edit 17.2.8 Build 2017033110
Aug 7, 2017
- New Features:
- Insert Rout Tabs
- Measure from Grip Points
- Bug Fixes:
- Very shallow arc became a straight line in the 64bit build of the application.
- Added a list of option to the Options Tab under the Help > About dialog.
- The application now releases Gerber files once New Job has been run. The Gerber files are locked to ensure Reloading of a file is consistent but previously the file remained locked until the software was closed.
- Added the option to use Grip points as measurement points. In Measure mode the Grip points option generates five grip points for each selected entity.
- There is one Grip point in the center of the pad and four grip points at the corners of the entity extents. This allows measurements to be mad from the outside edge of one pad to the outside edge of a second pad (see above).
- Updated the Status bar to smoothly should progress. Previously the status bar was difficult to read due to flickering.
- Fixed an issue causing corruption errors to appear if a GWK contained empty BOM entries. The issue also appears with ODB++ files containing empty
- component entries.
New in GC-CAM Edit 15.3.6 Build 2015072812 (Aug 25, 2015)
- New Features:
- Identify Copper
- Step Graduation
- Aspect and Area Ratio report templates
- Round Corners on additional functions
- Fixed Items:
- Expanded the number of allowable Physical layers to 256 in order to accommodate ODB++ files containing empty layers.
- Unprocessed pads now correctly displayed when User and Absolute Zero locations are different.
- Fixed a longstanding issue that occurred during Data Creation. The issue prevented the direction of arcs being toggled.
- Datamatrix image now correctly orientated to allow all readers to interpret.
- Fixed an issue causing a crash of the software during PADS ASCII input.
- Now correctly displaying features from PADS ASCII input due to poorly formatted output.
- Added a quick method of selecting Unprocessed pads within the Integrated Stencil Creation function.
- Buttons added for Select All and Select Highlighted.
- Scrollbars now correctly behave within the graphics window.
- Resolved an issue with a crash caused by a user-created toolbar within all products.
- Aperture list conversion failed. The issue was caused by upgrading to a newer
- development environment.
- Resolved problem whereby GC-Prevue failed to close correctly, leaving an open instance in the Task Manager.
- Importing aperture list using Aperture List Assistant previously caused crash. Issue fixed.
- Fixed issue related to isolation of polygon pattern.
- Isolation bug fixed.
New in GC-CAM Edit 15.2 (Aug 25, 2015)
- New Features:
- Merge Job for Comparison, for Production
- Create QR Codes, Datamatrix codes
- Aspect and Area Ratio report
- Round Corners
- Network Lock File
- Floating license support for Windows Server 2012
- Additional enhancements to Integrated Stencil Creation
- Fixed Items:
- Updated .NET components so that vertical scroll bar correctly displayed in the Panel Optimzer.
- Importing a ZIP file, then importing a second ZIP file resulted in a Disk Full error. This has been resolved by correctly flushing the temporary files. AlphaNumeric_Numeric. More complex Reference Designators were currently being handled.
- The Apply Layer settings now correctly applies Layer colors using the RGB settings.
New in GC-CAM Edit 15.1 (Aug 25, 2015)
- New Features:
- Integrated Stencil Creation
- Jump to Data Center
- ODB++ Package Outline
- Fixed Items:
- Plated status of drill not correctly assigned from ODB++ file. Problem caused by additional spaces within a specific file.
- Added additional plugin functionality for Parts in terms of displaying assigned Reference Designator, Part Number and Pin Number.
- Loading a DXF or DWG file with a very large radius arc (so large that the center point sits outside our addressable space) now allows the arc to be vectored in
- order to be able to display. The settings controlling the precision of the vectoring are found by Modifying Format Parameters for the DXF/DWG file.
- Contour issue was causing an incorrect image to be generated when exporting RS-274X file at micron precision. Fixed.
- Fixed an issue caused by zero length arcs in DWG file. The arcs were incorrectly being interpreted as circle.
New in GC-CAM Edit 14.4 (Aug 25, 2015)
- New Features:
- Center Part Centroids
- Virtual Copies to Real
- GerberX2 drill updates
- Layer Setup
- Bug fixes:
- Fixed a small bug in the C pad construction algorithm.
- Arcs with centerpoints outside the GraphiCode addressable space are now vectorized when supplied within a DXF or DWG file.
- Missing layers within an RS-274X file. Problem caused by multiple zero length polygon segments being defined as the first polygons on the layer. Layers now
- display correctly.
- Pin 1 centroids can now be reassigned to the center of the pad extents.
- Virtual step and repeat patterns can now be converted to true data.
- Contour handling of zero length polygon segments updated. The result of this issue was a sketched feature not being converted to a pad. Fixed.
- RS-274X file without %MO*% format string now loads correctly when the now deprecated G71 command is present. The file is now longer legal Gerber but the intention is understood.
- Implemented the updated description of blind and buried drill layers within the GerberX2 specification.
- Fixed an issue where a sliver was not being detected in the dataset.
New in GC-CAM Edit 14.2.6 Build 2014040816 (May 1, 2014)
- This list is customer reported issues fixed for this release.
- DWG import updated to correctly display a mitered joint in specific dataset.
- Resolved an issue where data tagged as Hidden within a DWG file was being incorrectly displayed.
- Now correctly displaying custom apertures within the panel edge of an ODB++ Panel Step.
- Fixed an issue with incorrectly rotated text strings on the bottom side. This was happening in a panel step of an ODB++ file.
- Filter Selection was not previously allowing
- Parts to be selected based on the Part Number shown in the drop down box of the Filter Selection Parts tab. This has now been resolved.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in an empty Parts layer when loading a specific ODB++ file.
- Added warning message to Gerber import if an arc drawn with a square aperture is detected. This is not allowed in the Gerber specification. The square
- aperture is replaced by a round aperture of the same size as the original square aperture.
- Modified error message to read correctly
New in GC-CAM Edit 12.2 (May 29, 2012)
- RS-274X import
- On Line Help Updated
- Fixed various customer reported issues
New in GC-CAM Edit 12.1 (May 29, 2012)
- Reordering Data streamlined
- Fixed various customer reported issues
New in GC-CAM Edit 11.4 (May 29, 2012)
- New Licensing
- New GraphiCode Flex Server
- Streamlined Trial version
- Fixed various customer reported issues