visualcam

introduction
  about visualcam
  features
  system requirements
  contacting wise software
visualcam basics
  main visualcam window
    title bar
    menu bar
    toolbar button reference
    layer bar
    the navigator
    selection filter
    item properties display
    status bar
    workspace
    xy bar
    aerial bar
    color bar
  using the navigator
    data tab
      layers
      apertures
      custom apertures
      nc tools
      nets
      external nets
      composites
      layer sets
      assembly
      embedded passives
      analysis
    commands tab
      my commands
      system commands
      macros
  toolbar button reference
  hotkeys
  mouse and function key commands
  dialog boxes
  accessing help
  performance tips
    hotkeys execute immediately
    interrupting redraws and highlights
    undoing edits
    using the selection filter
    copying to the windows clipboard
    programming your mouse and function keys
    memory considerations
tutorials
  using files
  gerber for beginners
  working with apertures
  working with composites
  performing drc & dff analyses
  comparing netlists
  panelization
  creating test fixture files
  working with embedded passives
  creating stencils
  reverse engineering for assembly
visualcam command reference
  file menu
    new
    open
    close
    merge
    save
    save as
    import
      import wizard
      gerber
      aperture list
      nc (drill/mill)
      nc tool list
      barco dpf
      hpgl
      dxf
      cam350
      ipc-2581 (offspring)
      odb++
      odb++(x)
      pads ascii
      netlist
        ipc-d-356
        odb++
        odb++(x)
        pads ascii
    export
      gerber
      aperture list
      nc (drill/mill)
      nc tool list
      barco dpf
      ipc-d-350
      ipc-d-356
      ipc-2581 (offspring)
      gencad
      dxf
      gerbtool
      odb++
      odb++(x)
      hpgl
      postscript
      bitmap
    page setup
    print
    print preview
    print setup
    send
    save log
    mru files
    exit
  edit menu
    undo
    redo
    select
      new group
      add to
      remove from
      invert
      clear
    copy selection to clipboard
    paste clipboard
    item
    copy
    move
    delete
    text
    vertex
      add
      delete
      move
      segment delete
    clip
    join
    rotate
    mirror
    scale
    d-code
      transcode
      explode customs
      scale
      polarity
    align layers
    snap pads
    origin
    nc
      drill properties
      path properties
      change
        operator message
        tools
        break tab
        mill plunge point
      delete
        operator message
        optional stop
        break tab
      move break tab
      reverse path direction
      explode
      combine paths
    purge
  view menu
    window
    zoom in
    zoom out
    pan
    all (fit)
    film box
    redraw
    sketch
    overlay
    grid
    composites
    backside
    virtual panel
    parts
    clear highlights
    highlights
    selections
    selection filter
    save
    recall
    previous
    navigator
    toolbars
    restore toolbars
    view tabs
      add
      delete
  add menu
    flash
    draw
    rectangle
    vertex
    circle
    arc ctr
    arc 3 pt
    array
    polygon
    text
    drill
    slot
    mill path
    nc circle
      drilled
      milled
        ccw inside
        ccw outside
        cw inside
        cw outside
    drilled text
    break tab
    operator message
    optional stop
  setup menu
    layers
    apertures
    composites
    layer sets
      view/edit
      blind/buried
      mcm/ltcc stackup
    nc tools
    break tabs
    stencil shapes
    footprint library
  documentation menu
    reports
      apertures
      nc tools
      embedded passives
      bom
      fiducials
    redline
      add text
      add balloon text
      add arrow
      add line
      sketch
      delete
      properties
      view redlining
    drawing
      dimensioning
        add dimension
        delete dimension
        modify dimension
        properties
        add line
        delete line
        modify line
      drill
        add hole chart
        delete hole chart
        modify hole chart
        update hole charts
      fabrication
        add note balloon
        delete note balloon
        modify note balloon
  analysis menu
    drc/mrc
    netlist compare
    layer compare
    find duplicates
    copper area
  query menu
    item
    net
    user data
    embedded passive
    highlight
    measure
      point to point
      edge to edge
      center to center
    extents
  options menu
    grid snap
    ortho line snap
    arcs 360
    units/precision
    configure
    customize toolbar
    import settings
  macro menu
    run
    load
    developer
    record
  tools menu
    panelize
      advanced
      flatten
      simple
    netlist
      generate
      save
      clear netlist
      apply external net names
      set netlist information
    solder mask
      generate
      optimize
    paste mask
      generate
      optimize
    snoman
    teardrops
    fix silkscreen
    pad removal
      isolated
      stacked
    nc
      create path from
      drill separate
      drill mask
      set group order
      optimize
      double mill path
      display settings
    test points
      setup
      generate
      add
      stagger
      analysis
      flying probe
        ipc-d-356a
      test fixture
        snap to grid
        save files
    embedded passives
      find
      mark resistor flashes
      build embedded passive
      etch compensation
      query
      report
    layer spread
    stencils
      setup shapes
      manual conversion
      automatic conversion
    convert
      drawn pads
        select draws
        automatic
      drawn text
      arcs to segmented arcs
      segmented arcs to arcs
      gerber to nc
      nc to gerber
      to custom
      raster to vector
      draws to polylines
      composite to layer
      mill to drill
      drill to mill
  assembly menu
    setup footprint library
    parts
      identify using
        footprint library
        ipc-d-356 data
        silkscreen layer
        centroid file
        select footprint
      delete
      query
      bom report
    fiducials
      identify
      report
    import bom
    export fatf
  user menu
custom aperture editor
  file menu
    save
    exit
  edit menu
    undo
    copy
    move
    delete
    change nc tools
  view menu
    window
    zoom in
    zoom out
    pan
    all
    redraw
    sketch
    toolbar
    status bar
    view bar
  add menu
    circle
    line
  query menu
    item
  options menu
    grid
    metric
file format technical reference
  gerber for beginners
  aperture list files
  acr files
    how an acr file works
    creating an aperture or tool list acr file
    sample aperture list acr file
  text font files
  sample visualcam netlist (.nl) file
  color list file
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