Release of PCB-Investigator V13
The latest version V13 of our software PCB-Investigator is now available for you!

What you can expect from the V13:
- PCB-Investigator
- New license handling
- New SOD license Server
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- MPN Package support (real component outlines can be overlayed)
- API Extensions
- Support for Polarity Markers
- Improved “Bottom View”
- PCB-Investigator Physics
- Copy/Paste in Chronology Timeline
- Possibility to ignore certain Pins
- PCB-Investigator 365 Cloud
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- New Functions:
- Master Check-In
- Un-Freeze
- Copy Design
- Delete Design
- Paste Design Link
- Notification Settings
- Login via Microsoft Azure possible
- Importer/Exporter
- CamCAD CCZ Importer
- New
- Fabmaster Importer
- New
- GDSII Importer
- New
- IPC 2581 Exporter
- New
- MPN Package Importer
- New
- Supports Mycronic libraries
- Supports ASM Siplace OIB interface
- CNC Exporter (Excellon, Sieb&Meyer)
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- Component Attribute Importer
- Variant handling
- DPF Importer
- Bug fixes
- DXF Importer
- Bug fixes
- Dimensions support
- EAGLE Importer
- Bug fixes
- Support for “polygonshapes”
- GenCAD Importer/Exporter
- Bug fixes
- IDF Importer/Exporter
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- IPC 2581 Importer
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- MPN Packages Import
- IPC356 Importer/Exporter
- Completely reworked
- Support for panels, adjacency records, outlines, tracks
- ODB++ Importer/Exporter
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- Improved netlist creation
- Matrix drill start/end corrections
- PDF Importer
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- QD Exporter
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- Step file Exporter
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- CamCAD CCZ Importer
- Analysis
- Possibility to load/save the last analysis result and mark violations as ‘critical’ in…
- AOI Analysis
- Bare Board Analysis (DRC) (already existed before)
- Component Analysis
- DFM Analysis
- Hazard Analysis
- Tombstone Analysis
- Bare Board Analysis (DRC):
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- New check “Via in Pad”
- New check “Distance to Bord Outline” for signal and silkscreen layers
- New check “Max. Reference Distance” for silkscreen layers
- New check “Via Stubs”
- Improved Stub analysis
- Component Analysis
- Completely reworked “Component Distance Analysis”
- Distance Outline 2 Outline
- Distance Pad to Outline
- Distance Pad to Pad
- Distance Outline to Board Outline
- New “Component Placement Analysis” to check if the MPN Package fits to the CAD Package
- Completely reworked “Component Distance Analysis”
- DFM Analysis
- Improved “Selective Soldering” Analysis
- Improved “Panelization” Analysis
- New “Board to Board” check
- New “Component to Board” check
- New “Component to Component” check
- New “Testpoint” Analysis
- New “Solder Paste” Analysis
- New “Trace under Component” Analysis
- Dielectric Strength Analysis
- New analysis for dielectric strength testing
- Hazard Analysis
- Bug fixes
- Impedance Analysis
- Bug fixes
- Tombstone Analysis
- Completely reworked UI
- Possibility to load/save the last analysis result and mark violations as ‘critical’ in…
- Others
- 3D View
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- Step Download from EasyLogix Part Library (EPL)
- Add Components
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- BOM Expert
- New Plugin to import Approved Vendor Lists (AVL)
- Included Library Matcher to get all available component information
- Support for EasyLogix Part Library (EPL)
- Checks if MPN Package fits to the CAD Package
- Database Compare
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- DFT Preparation:
- New Spea Export
- New options „Not in BOM” and “Omit in Output” for components
- Needle Size Optimizer
- Netlink function
- Many improvements and bug fixes
- DFT Session Viewer in PCBI main window
- Dimensioning
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- Extended API
- Text Rotation possible
- Extended Design Report
- Completely reworked
- Can export last analysis result of all Analysis Plugins (optional: ‘only critical’)
- Graphic Board Compare
- Minor Bug fixes
- Can be included in the Extended Design Report
- Library Manager
- Improved Part/Package/Symbol Library Manager
- Supports local/XML/365 Cloud libraries
- Marker List
- New
- Tool for defining/editing markers (fiducials, bad markers, tooling holes)
- Panel Builder
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- Bug fixes when using “Nesting”
- Script Engine
- Minor improvements and bug fixes
- Stencil Generator
- New
- Automatic rule-based stencil generation
- 3D View
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about the latest release.
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