ISOCAM
The situation:
- You designed a PCB with your CAD package and now want to make a prototype or a small series by etching or by isolation milling.
The questions:
- How do you check and correct the drill-, rout- and plot-data, their dimension and layer registration?
- Do you want to make your prototype by isolation milling?
The answers:
- IsoCAM reads your Gerber-, HP/GL, and drill files. It offers you editing facilities like shift, mirror, copy, paste, delete and more on single vectors, groups of elements or entire layers.
- IsoCAM can convert data into all of the above mentioned formats. Windows Postscript output allows making film artworks.
- IsoCAM comes with a worthy isolation milling converter with the feature of using two different tools in once and with the possibility of creating copper rubout areas.
- The aperture table and the tool rack can be edited, saved and printed. A converter automatically reads the aperture information from most CAD packages.
ISOCAM PRO
Another, even more sophisticated CAM package is available. This should be your favorite choice if you…
- need more than just an isolation milling engine or
- want to make front panels or do cut-out routing of PCBs or
- have to prepare board data for external customers or
- need data uplink to PCB production houses or
- have to prepare data for both cnc machines and photoplotter artwork at a time
Feature overview: Isocam © and Isocam Pro © have lots of functions and features. In the table below you’ll find the most important ones.
Isocam © |
Standard |
Pro |
Gerber input / output (standard/extended) |
YES |
YES |
HPGL input / output |
YES |
YES |
Excellon output for milling data |
NO |
YES |
DXF input / output |
NO |
YES |
Bitmap input |
NO |
YES |
Drill input / output |
YES |
YES |
G-code output |
YES |
YES |
ARC optimize |
NO |
YES |
Scaling |
NO |
YES |
Scale / auto-rotate bitmap |
NO |
YES |
Auto detect drill holes in bitmap |
NO |
YES |
Save Job file |
YES |
YES |
Create milling data |
YES |
YES |
Create milling data using two tools |
YES |
YES |
Create milling data for selected object |
NO |
YES |
Undo/Redo |
YES |
YES |
Max. number of layers |
32 |
64 |
Units: Mils / mm / Inch / HPGL |
YES |
YES |
Design rules checker |
YES |
YES |
Show milling direction |
NO |
YES |
Change milling direction |
NO |
YES |
Change starting point of milling chain |
NO |
YES |
Select whole milling chain |
NO |
YES |
Create solder mask |
NO |
YES |
Snap to nearest endpoint |
YES |
YES |
Auto synchronize layers |
YES |
YES |
Add fixing holes |
YES |
YES |
Create rub outs |
YES |
YES |
Create board cuts |
YES |
YES |
Mirror-function |
YES |
YES |
Powerfill zoom function |
YES |
YES |
Add objects |
YES |
YES |
Select complete net |
NO |
YES |