The latest version V13 of our PCB-Investigator software is now available for you!

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As usual, this year’s release also offers you a wide range of innovations, upgrades and improvements. And because we always focus on you as a customer, all innovations and modifications are geared to your individual wishes..

For us, customer-oriented software development always means maintaining the simplest possible usability, so that you can incorporate all new features into your everyday work as quickly as possible!

What the V13 can offer you:

  1. PCB-Investigator
    • New handling of licenses
    • New SOD license server
    • Minor improvements and bug fixes
    • Support of MPN packages (bodies of real components can be overlaid)
    • API extensions
    • Polarity marker support
    • Improved “Bottom View”
  2. PCB-Investigator Physics
    • Copy/Paste in Chronology Timeline
    • Possibility to ignore individual pins
  3. PCB-Investigator 365 Cloud
    • Minor improvements and bug fixes
    • New features:
      • Master Check-In
      • Un-Freeze
      • Copy design
      • Delete design
      • Design link open
      • Notification settings
    • Possibility of login via Microsoft Azure
  4. Importer/Exporter
    • CamCAD CCZ Importer
      • New
    • Fabmaster Importer
      • New
    • GDSII Importer
      • New
    • IPC 2581 Exporter
      • New
    • MPN Package Importer
      • New
      • Support for Mycronic libraries
      • Support of ASM Siplace OIB interface
    • CNC Exporter (Excellon, Sieb&Meyer)
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
    • Component Attribute Importer
      • Variants handling
    • DPF Importer
      • Bug fixes
    • DXF Importer
      • Bug fixes
      • Dimension support
    • EAGLE Importer
      • Bug fixes
      • Support of “polygonshapes”
    • GenCAD Importer/Exporter
      • Bug fixes
    • IDF Importer/Exporter
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
    • IPC 2581 Importer
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
      • MPN Packages Import
    • IPC356 Importer/Exporter
      • Completely revised
      • Support of panels, adjacency entries, board outlines, traces
    • ODB++ Importer/Exporter
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
      • Improved netlist generation
      • Start/end correction for drilling positions (matrix)
    • PDF Importer
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
    • QD Exporter
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
    • Step file Exporter
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
  5. Analysis
    • Possibility to save/load the last analysis result and mark individual errors as ‘critical’ at…
      • AOI Analysis
      • Bare Board Analysis (DRC) (has already existed)
      • Component Analysis
      • DFM Analysis
      • Hazard Analysis
      • Tombstone Analysis
    • Bare Board Analysis (DRC):
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
      • New analysis “Via in Pad”
      • New “Distance to Bord Outline” analysis for signal and silkscreen layers
      • New “Max. Reference Distance” analysis for silkscreen layers
      • New analysis “Via Stubs”
      • Improved stub analysis
    • Component Analysis
      • Completely revised “Component Distance Analysis”
        • Body to body distance
        • Pad to body distance
        • Pad to pad distance
        • Distance body to PCB contour
      • New “Component Placement Analysis” to check if the MPN package fits to the CAD package
    • DFM Analysis
      • Improved “Selective Soldering” analysis
      • Improved “Panelization” analysis
        • New “board to board” Analysis
        • New “component to board” analysis
        • New “component to component” analysis
      • New “Testpoint” analysis
      • New “Solder Paste” Analysis
      • New “Trace under Component” analysis
    • Dielectric Strength Analysis
      • New “Trace under Component” analysis
    • Hazard Analysis
      • Bug fixes
    • Impedance Analysis
      • Bug fixes
    • Tombstone Analysis
      • Completely redesigned interface
  6. Miscellaneous
    • 3D View
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
      • Step Download from EasyLogix Parts Library (EPL)
    • Add Components
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
    • BOM Expert
      • New plugin to import the Approved Vendor List (AVL)
      • Integrated matching with the library (EPL) to get all component information
      • Support of the EasyLogix Part Library (EPL)
      • Checking whether the MPN package matches the CAD package
    • Database Compare
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
    • DFT Preparation:
      • New Spea Export
      • New options “Not in BOM” and “Omit in Output” for parts
      • Test needle optimizer
      • Netlink function
      • Many improvements and bug fixes
      • DFT Session Viewer in PCBI main window
    • Dimensioning
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
      • Advanced API
      • Possibility of text rotation
    • Extended Design Report
      • Completely revised
      • Last result of all analyses can be used (optional: ‘critical errors only’)
    • Graphic Board Compare
      • Minor bug fixes
      • Result can be used in the Extended Design Report
    • Library Manager
      • Improved Part/Package/Symbol Library Manager
      • Support for on-premises/XML/365 cloud libraries
    • Marker List
      • New
      • Tool to define/edit markers (fiducials, bad markers, tooling holes)
    • Panel Builder
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
      • Bug fixes for the “Nesting” function
    • Script Engine
      • Minor improvements and bug fixes
    • Stencil Generator
      • New
      • Automatic rule-based generation of paste templates

If there are any questions concerning the latest release, please feel free to contact us.

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