ECAD package aims for small businesses

Advanced Microcomputer Systems is shipping a new version of its Circuit Creator Windows XP/NT/2000/Me/9x compatible electronic CAD software package for small businesses and independent designers.

Advanced Microcomputer Systems is shipping a new version of its Circuit Creator Windows XP/NT/2000/Me/9x compatible electronic CAD software package for small businesses and independent designers.

The software comes with a 400-page instructional book, "Electronic CAD made easy using Circuit Creator".

This fourth-generation software from AMS includes printed circuit board layout editor, schematic design and capture software with built-in symbol editor.

"Circuit Creator is the most complete and comprehensive electronic design system available for Windows 95/98, Me, 2000, NT and XP computers", says Raj Shah, President of Advanced Microcomputer Systems.

The product is available from stock, directly from AMS, at a suggested retail price starting at $195.

Fully working demo can be downloaded from company website.

The Circuit Creator system includes the best selling Logic Creator schematic design and capture software.

This software provides facilities for full hierarchical schematic creation, and editing, while providing online, on-demand context-sensitive help.

Users can design up to "E" size schematics in a single file, with additional sheets linked using hierarchical designs.

The most important module of Circuit Creator is Board Creator - the printed circuit board design software.

Board Creator can interactively and automatically check for errors and design rules while editing.

It allows interactive component placement, support for blind and buried vias, as well as automatic footprint mirroring for surface mount device support.

According to Shah: "Logic Creator provides a full design rule and error checking environment, it helps engineers design out errors, thus providing an essential tool for quality-by-design".

"Go directly from schematic design to error-free PCB artwork or easily import an existing design into Circuit Creator", said Shah.

The software includes important features that are available only in high-end products.

These include: a user-expandable symbol library of over 25,000 components that allows user-defined symbols to be added easily; object-oriented parts and symbols with DeMorgan equivalents, rotation and mirroring of parts from a single definition; symbols are vector based, allowing more flexibility; automatic rerouting of connections of moved symbols makes schematic routing very easy; and true Bezier curves instead of curved lines makes Logic Creator very flexible to use - Line widths and colours may be assigned to specific schematic elements for improved clarity and understanding.

Circuit Creator software includes additional features: copper pouring, support for 32 x 32in large board size, and up to 256 multilayer board designs.

The Board Creator has a built in one-click Gerber and laser photo plot output feature.

The software supports RS274D and RS274X Gerber file formats.

It also allows the user to view photoplot files.

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