There are various types of input data that may be supplied to you from your in-house CAD department or your customers. They can be full ASCII CAD files, Bill of Materials (BOM), Gerber files & X/Y center rotation files (see CAD & Gerber File Listings). Below you'll find which features of the Unisoft software you can expect to utilize when importing certain types of data. The full CAD files are always the best source of data & allow you to utilize all the features of the Unisoft software but are not always available.
| FEATURES | Full CAD & BOM files | Gerber files & BOM files | X/Y Center Rotation & BOM files | BOM file only |
Time required to import |
5 minutes or less | 5-10 minutes per 100 components | 5 minutes or less | 5 minutes or less |
| Assembly machine programming output. | Y | Y | Y | |
| AOI machine programming output. | Y | Y | Y | |
| In-circuit test programming & fixture design. | Y | Y | ||
| Flying Probe test fixture programming design. | Y | Y | ||
| Selective Soldering machine programming output. | Y | Y | ||
| CAD to CAD translation output to Fabmaster FATF, PADS ASCII output, Gencad, IPC-D356, Mentor Graphics, xml, etc. | Y | Y | ||
| Import Bill of Material (BOM) information and associate with each component. BOM importing is programmable to accommodate multiple BOM styles formats. | Y | Y | Y | imports but no component association |
| BOM cross checked for discrepancies & clean up. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Included production floor PC Board viewer for your assembly department,general inspection, test departments, repair & rework areas, designgroup, etc. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Create your process documentation, assembly sheets, process aids (automatic assignment of unique colors and patterns to each part number on the assembly). Assign separate colors to components for each assembly step, add text and graphic annotations. | Y | Y | A photo, graphic or gerber overlay may help here. Contact Unisoft for details. | |
| Kitting labels for assembly. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Assembly cost report to aid job quotations, etc. by part number. | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Assembly Cost or Cycle Time report to aid job quotations, etc. by span. | Y | Y | ||
| Part or cycle times by part number. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Device count by span for quoting. | Y | Y | ||
| Total solder joint count report for Defect Per Million Operations (DPMO). | Y | Y | ||
| First Article Inspection - Blink components for each part number then inspect parts and check off as inspected until entire PC Board is inspected. Also aids general inspection. | Y | Y | X - A photo, graphic or gerber overlay may help here. | |
| Library import for quick Assembly Operation assignment, assembly cost, part cost, etc. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Schematic view hyperlinked to assembly for technician debug. | Y | Y | ||
| Instantly search by components, pins, netslist, netnames, part numbers. | Y | Y | ||
| Find shorts between traces (highlight single or multiple traces). | Y | |||
| Find and Blink all components of a particular part number. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Top & bottom sides split display for assembly and debug. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Export standard CNC type machine programming files that contain X/Y center, rotation, etc. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Export a standardized netlist, X/Y pin exported FBA file use for import to Test, etc. | Y | Y | ||
| Export standardized BOM exported by Part Number or Reference Designator for Part Sourcing, MRP, ERP, etc. | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Export PCB assembly ( PCBA ) and overlays for active display in Unisoft CELLS Workflow MES Product Tracking software. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Zoom, single/split screen, flip, rotate, change screen settings, change printer settings, change start up display settings. | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Click on component to display name, pins, technology type, surface, part number and all BOM part description information. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Measurement tool. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Set new 0,0 origins. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Make new point. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Print or plot to any Windows compatible printer. Print the full assembly or a zoomed in segment or a schematic segment. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Create or Load and Save single or multiple annotation overlays. | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Import and view ATE test probe numbers. These test probe numbers appear at their exact x/y location and are searchable by the test probe number. | Y | Y | ||
| Add up to 4 User Text fields automatically to any component. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Change the component properties of any part number. | Y | Y | Y | |
| Renumber nets, kill nets and auto assign net numbers to "no connect" nets. | Y | Y | ||
| Split Alphanumeric pins on Import/Export, shorten long netnames on Import/Export. | Y | Y | ||
| Change and view individually colorize single or multiple components. | Y | Y | ||
| Remove or customize menus on included production floor VIEWER software. | Y | Y | Y | Y |
| Control ProntoVIEW-MARKUP remotely from your application or equipment via external API programming interface. | Y | Y | Y | Y |
There may be special exceptions for the items listed above. Please contact Unisoft directly for details.
