Gerber Expert 9.6 Now Available for Download

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We are proud to announce the availability of Gerber Expert 9.6. This release contains many new features and user-requested enhancements to get the most out of your Gerber Expert software investment.

Gerber Expert 9.6- Key Release Highlights

Polylines & Polygons

  • Add straight, arc, or tangential polylines
  • Add polygon voids to existing polygon by using Circle, Rectangle, Flash, or Draws
  • Add, copy, move, delete, fillet and chamfer polyline vertices. Also, Add Slot and Delete Segment.

New Part Viewing Controls

  • Added “Part Settings” page to the Configuration dialog, the settings control the drawing of part pins and part annotation including:

Design File Locking

  • This new feature creates a lock file when you open a .gedb file. Anyone else that tries to load this file while it is locked will get a Read Only version to prevent overwriting of a file that is in use.

DRC Rule Files

  • New DRC dialog option: save rule files in a dynamic form where abstracted layer types are output instead of absolute layer numbers.

PLUS 21 New Macro Enhancements & a Host of Other Fixes and Enhancements

For More Information

View the Full “What’s New” Document here.

Ready to Download Gerber Expert 9.6?

Follow this link to the extraction package. You will need your Siemens webkey to log in. For information on creating your webkey login, follow Step One in this post here.

If you have any questions or need support with downloading or installation, please don’t hesitate to use our support request form, or call 855-642-2848 Option 2.

The Siemens Software Download Server Has a New Look!

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In an effort to make the software download process for your electronics manufacturing solutions faster & simpler, Siemens PLM Software has changed the look and feel of their Download Center.

Simply look down the left-hand side of your screen, choose your product, and then dive in deeper to get what you need. Or, just type what you’re looking for in the search bar on the top of the screen and it will find it for you.

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As always, you will need your webkey to login to the download center. For instruction on creating your webkey, as well as licensing instruction, view our licensing series here.

For step-by-step instruction on the download process, we’ve created a handy guide: Download the document

We hope you find this change helpful to your install and update process. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at 855-642-2848 (option 2 for Support), or by using our handy contact form.

 

 

Gerber Expert 9.5 Now Available for Download

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We are proud to announce the availability of Gerber Expert 9.5. This release contains many new features and user-requested enhancements to get the most out of your Gerber Expert software investment.

Gerber Expert 9.5- Key Release Highlights

Assembly Reverse Engineering

  • “Part Identification by Package”- Identify components more quickly with predefined packages. Add to the default package definition file to customize your own requirements.
  • “Select Packages”- Run identification on selected parts only.

Convert Customs to Intrinsic

  • Automatically detect Cadence custom thermals as standard intrinsic thermals. Import the negative plane connections as Thermals automatically for improved job processing.

Color Bar

  • Two new right-click options added for easy viewing

Navigator

  • Sort parts by part number in the Navigator

Macro Enhancements

  • DESIGNCOMPARE macro now works with string variables; and also has Help and Keyword within the developer
  • Doubled the number of macro files that can be loaded- up to 256 files

For More Information

View the Full “What’s New” Document here.

Ready to Download Gerber Expert 9.5?

Follow this link to the extraction package. You will need your Siemens webkey to log in. For information on creating your webkey login, follow Step One in this post here.

If you have any questions or need support with downloading or installation, please don’t hesitate to use our support request form, or call 855-642-2848 Option 2.

Come See Us at DAC 2015!

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The Design Automation Conference is coming up soon! Held June 8th-10th at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, the DAC is the oldest and largest conference in electronics manufacturing.

The Acuity Electronics team will be on hand at the Siemens PLM Software booth, Booth 915, to discuss our solutions for test engineering, PCB assembly, manufacturing management and Gerber reverse engineering.

Please stop by and visit us to learn more about our integrated solutions for electronics manufacturing. We look forward to seeing you there!

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