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PCB Libraries IPC-7351A LP Wizard for CADSTAR
(also compatible with Protel, Allegro, AutoCAD, Board Station, Expedition, OrCAD Layout, PADS Layout, Pantheon, PCAD, Pulsonix)
IPC-7351A LP Wizard, is a CADSTAR compatible land pattern generator. This tool greatly reduces the time it takes to build library parts and ensures compatibility with the latest IPC Standard for surface mount design.
This software tool consists of land pattern viewers, calculators and generators for the creation of CAD land patterns in SMT (surface mount technology) parts libraries. The time to build a standard SMT library part that previously took on average 30 minutes to process has been reduced dramatically with this new tool. The generated library parts comply with the latest land pattern and surface mount design requirements as defined by the IPC. Using accurate data based on the IPC-7351 Land Pattern Standard, founded on fabrication, assembly and component tolerance based mathematic algorithms, users can generate highly accurate manufacturing compliant PCBs while cutting costs.
IPC-7351, Generic Requirements for Surface Mount Design and Land Pattern Standard, is the new IPC Land Pattern Standard replacing the IPC-SM-782. This new Standard represents a change in the way land patterns are defined, developed, and categorized.
The LP Wizard dovetails with the free library documentation and the Viewer, both provided by the IPC with the needed Standard. The data entered by a PCB designer can also be shared with engineers throughout the organization with the above mentioned free Viewer on a project by project basis.
The IPC-7351A LP Wizard is now available for purchase at $1,570/€1,315. All licenses come with one year of maintenance.
For more information please contact us on sales@quantumeds.co.uk or 01639 864646
Product information:
IPC-7351A LP Wizard for CADSTAR
Delivery method: Download
The IPC-7351A LP Wizard is a fantastic time saver, and it will build your CAD library part with phenomenal precision. There are so many features in today’s CAD library part that even if you are building a standard SMT Library Part, the process will take you 30 minutes per part. With the Wizard, it just takes a couple of minutes.
Advanced features include:
• Graphic display of component features aligned with calculated land pattern
• Compensation variables for fabrication and assembly processes
• Preset operating environments or user defined goals for land pattern toe, heel and side protrusions
• Solder joint analysis calculations
• DRC protection from overlapping lands
• Automatic land pattern name generation
• Save library documentation for later reference/retrieval
• Edit part attribute names and values
• Easily group parts by project
• Export footprints directly to CADSTAR
The IPC-7351A LP Wizard is an IPC-7351A SMT land pattern calculator that allows you to define your own CAD land patterns if the correct CAD library part is not already available, and export to your CAD tool - it automatically builds CAD Library Decals in their native CAD format! The IPC-7351A LP Wizard will eventually automatically build CAD land pattern symbols in IPC-2581 neutral CAD database format that can be imported into any CAD Tool.
The IPC-7351A LP Wizard allows you to change the Manufacturing Tolerances that determine the pad size, Placement Courtyard Tolerance, PAD Width Round-off, Component Tolerance, Land Pattern Name, and the Solder Joint Analysis. Alternatively, you can simply use the default IPC settings.
This product provides the Pick & Place Zero Component Rotation for accurate assembly data. The JEDEC JEP95 publication and the EIA / ANSI 481 specification for tape and reel packaging was used to determine the exact component zero rotation on the assembly tape and reel or tube so that you can build all your CAD library parts in the same zero rotation to provide your vendors with accurate assembly data.
How is the IPC-7351A LP Software Beneficial?
The IPC-7351A LP Software is especially beneficial if you:
- spend more time than necessary to match up PCB components with land patterns,
- consider the current name of your land pattern to be all the documentation you need to have,
- are tired of laying parts on a 1:1 plot of your printed circuit board to verify that the land patterns you’ve selected are the right ones (if you see the difference between 0.1mm and 0.2 mm!)
- designing your product with its operating environment in mind
- want to improve the bottom line by making PCB design more efficient
The IPC-7351A PCB Libraries LP Wizard for CADSTAR is the library maintenance tool that will revolutionize the way you work. This software gives you access to options that will allow you to quickly and easily browse your PCB land pattern library to locate, view, construct and verify the mechanics of your PCB library design.
Flexibility & Control
This software provides you with the flexibility and control you need. Let's take for example this software's ability to create BGAs. Having the ability to control individual pins is very important because long gone are the days when BGAs have simple, square shaped voids or pin groups. Today, BGAs come in a variety of designs. That is why our software gives you complete control over pins by allowing you to add or remove individual pins as well as ranges of pins – in any combination.
Superior Component Library Management System
The library documentation edit feature can be used to create libraries from scratch, modify individual attribute names and change IPC-7351A LP Software-generated values based on your unique project needs. This feature provides unprecedented flexibility in library management as you can now completely control as to what component data is stored in individual data files.
With the ability to group all parts of a project together in one data file, you can more easily keep your projects organized. It can also save engineers time as they don’t have to sort through numerous data files to find all the parts of a given project. Simply group the parts you created for any project into a single data file, and share it with engineers. The data files can be browsed with our completely free IPC-7351A LP Viewer (downloadable from our main webpage) by anyone in your company!
If you build parts in one library and at some point decide certain parts should be copied to a different library, our software can now easily transfer individual parts or groups of parts as you see most appropriate, making library management easier than ever.
What About Alternative Calculators?
Like nearly everything else, there are alternatives. However, this software stands above the other "maverick" calculators and land pattern generators out there.
The first and most important reason is that we alone did not determine how the outputs are generated. Instead, we worked with IPC as the IPC-7351A standard was developed to ensure the output of this software would comply with the new standard and be accepted by the industry. Unlike alternatives, this software was produced from the ground up based entirely on the IPC-7351A as this standard was developed, which means this software does not build parts to our standard, but the IPC-7351A .
Another reason our software is superior is because it perfectly dovetails with the absolutely free library documentation provided by IPC. This documentation is rapidly growing and will continually add greater value to LP software users over time. Unlike other tools created independently of IPC, this tool will meet your company's long-term library documentation needs, and provide you unprecedented compatibility with what the rest of the industry is using.
The library documentation includes component dimensional data for over 1,400 standard surface mount parts available in the IPC-7351A three-tier format (over 4,000 parts)! Also included is information and weblinks to over 6,500 non-standard components and connectors.
LP Software Options
The LP software product line consists of a number of products. The products are listed below:
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See a side-by-side comparison of all calculators in our product matrix!
Future options are planned for:
| • | IPC-2581 Wizard - turn your calculations into a real IPC-2581 land pattern at the push of a button |
The following are target conditions for Chip, Gull-Wing, and J-Lead components. For best CAD library accuracy and quality, use the LP Calculator to achieve the best land pattern results derived from your component dimentional data or our rapidly growing library documentation. If you want to maintain your own library documentation, get the LP Librarian (includes calculator), and if you want to build parts directly to your CAD tool in less time than it takes you to key in the component dimensions, just use the LP Wizard. Building the perfect CAD library parts can't get any easier than by using the IPC-7351A LP Wizard!
The IPC-7351A 3-Tier Library System
Land patterns need an accurate Solder Joint Statistical Analysis. To help ensure that you have good solder joints regardless of what size tolerance (minimum, nominal or maximum) the components come in, use the LP Wizard. The solder joint analysis data is a must when it comes to DFA. Only the IPC-7351A LP Wizard provides you the solder joint analysis information that you need to ensure a perfect Land Pattern.
The IPC-7351A LP Wizard is in accordance with the new IPC-7351A specification. Different electronic products have different requirements for reliability, maintainability and board density. With the 3-tiered library construction concept built into the IPC-7351A LP Wizard, you can generate land patterns to meet different requirements by varying the pad and courtyard dimensions.
Three land pattern geometry variations are supplied for each of the device families; maximum land protrusion (Density Level A), median land protrusion (Density Level B) and minimum land protrusion (Density Level C). With the 3-tiered library construction concept built into the IPC-7351A LandWiz, you can generate land patterns to meet those different requirements by varying the pad and courtyard dimensions.
Here are the three different tiers and how and when you should use them:
Density Level A: Maximum (Most) Land Protrusion Density Level B: Median (Nominal) Land Protrusion Density Level C: Minimum (Least) Land Protrusion |
Site License Available!
Yes, your entire company can use this software as well! If you are interested, we also offer license options for the IPC-7351A LP Wizard. For very reasonable costs, an unlimited number of people at your company can use far more powerful software as long as they're on the same logically connected network of computer workstations within a half-mile radius. For all but the largest companies, this means that your company only needs one copy to support everyone on the network.
The site license comes with a quick-start phone tutorial. Just let us know the most convenient time to call and you are off on your way!
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Upgrades
There is no need to worry about support and upgrade availability - the licenses for this program are sold with one year of maintenance. That's right - you get upgrades for a whole year! Moreover, the PCB Libraries team is constantly improving this software and quickly responds to problems you may face. For a fraction of the cost of a new product, you can purchase either yearly maintenance or one-time upgrades (as available) on this product.
No Risk Purchase
PCB Libraries wants you to be satisfied with your purchase. We understand that the decision to make a business investment into a product can be difficult, especially without seeing first-hand how the product will benefit your business. For this reason, we created the LP Wizard Eval version, which allows you to test the LP Calculator, LP Librarian, and LP Wizard (QFP component family only), with the CAD tool of your choice.
IPC-7351A LP Family System Requirements
Minimum: MS-Windows 2000, Microsoft .NET framework 1.1 (downloadable from Mircosoft for free), 1024 X 768 resolution or higher, and at least 11MB of available hard drive space.
For more information please contact us on sales@quantumeds.co.uk or 01639 864625