Some standard PCB manufacturing defects can be spotted in Gerber files during a design review.Incorporating complete manufacturing details such as layer stack definitions, materials, netlists, test points, and NC drill files unleashes your manufacturing teams to build the PCB correctly on the first pass.
View the latest Gerber X2 formats, IPC-2581 formats, and the Gerber RS-274X standards. Inspect All File Formats in Altium Designer and Altium 365 Gerber ViewerĪltium 365 is the only online Gerber viewer platform that integrates directly with Altium Designer. This makes it easy for everyone to stay productive as a new design is prepared for manufacturing. The sharing tools in Altium 365 give your fabricator direct access to your manufacturing files. Altium Designer’s complete set of PCB layout and manufacturing tools is ideal for preparing your new design for fabrication and assembly. What’s the fastest way to get your board into fabrication and ensure compliance with critical industry standards?Īltium 365 and Altium Designer work together to provide the answer. Your PCB layout also needs to be checked against your design rules to ensure no errors in the layout that might reduce yield. Get Through Design Reviews with a Gerber Viewerīefore your board can be put into manufacturing, it must pass a thorough design review to ensure high yield and compliance with standards. See how you can quickly generate Gerber files in Altium Designer.Īltium Designer offers complete control over all features in a PCB layout and helps designers stay productive. No other design application offers this many features to help you manufacture successfully.
With Altium 365, a manufacturer can open Gerber files from two project revisions and compare them side-by-side.
HOW TO USE OPEN BOARD VIEW GENERATOR
Altium Designer includes a file generator for Gerber X and X2 formats and Gerber viewer features in the CAMtastic tool, but comparing Gerber files has long required an external application. Most EDA tools can take your circuit board layout and generate detailed Gerber files, including layer stack information and standard image input formats for copper layers, the solder mask, and silkscreen.
As part of a circuit board design review, manufacturers can use a Gerber file viewer to inspect each layer of a printed circuit board and prepare stencils for each layer. Gerber files are among the most critical manufacturing files used in PCB fabrication processes. Your PCB design tools must be comprehensive, covering everything from schematic design and editing to layout and manufacturing preparation.