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Speedstack 2014 - Upcoming Features
November 2013 - Richard Attrill
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New Features
New Copy / Paste Material Properties option
A new option has been introduced to copy existing material properties and then paste them to other multiple selected materials within the stack up.
This provides a method to very quickly exchange materials within the stack. For instance, swapping all prepregs from one type to another.
Very powerful, especially useful for high layer count stack ups
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New Copy / Paste Material Properties option (continued)
New ‘Copy / Paste Material Properties’ options.
Copy Material Properties
Paste Material Properties
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New Features
Step 1: Select existing material and Copy Material Properties
• Select an existing material, in this case the Prepreg 1080 between layers 1 and 2
• Select the Copy Material Properties toolbar option
• The Prepreg 1080 properties (attributes) are recorded
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Step 2: Select materials and Paste Material Properties
• Select existing materials, in this example six sheets of prepreg materials (3080 and 1651) between layers 3 and 6
• Select the Paste Material Properties toolbar option
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Step 2: Select materials and Paste Material Properties (cont’d)
• Chose which properties you would like to paste to the selected materials. For this example all Property Groups have been selected.
• Selecting Apply will update all the selected materials within the stack with the previously recorded material, for this case the Prepreg 1080.
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Step 3: Review the stack up
Review the stack up changes.
When changing multiple materials simultaneously it is important to review the stack up. It may be necessary to recalculate impedance structures especially if dielectric height and copper thickness parameters have changed.
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New Features
Drill enhancements – new ‘Laser (Stacked)’ option
A new ‘Laser (Stacked)’ option has been introduced that automatically adds stack vias to the stack up in a single operation.
Previously, it was necessary to add each via individually.
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Drill enhancements – new ‘Laser (Stacked)’ option (cont’d)
The completed stack up with stacked laser vias.
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Drill enhancements – now retains properties
The drill properties are now retained between each ‘Add Drill’ operation. This speeds up the process of adding drills, especially when multiple drills of the same type are being added to the stack up.
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Drill enhancements – new ‘Delete All Drills’ option
Delete all drills on the stack up in a single operation
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New Features
Target thickness – tolerance in percentage or absolute
This option has been enhanced to support both percentage and absolute tolerances
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New Features
Stack Up Wizard – enhancements when in Material Library mode
Stack Up Thickness (with and without solder mask) calculated as soon as materials are chosen from the Material Library. It is now easy to monitor the overall stack up thickness within the Stack Up Wizard option
Material selection enhanced. It is now possible to select multiple sheets of Prepreg that will be placed between each Foil / Core within the stack up
New symmetrical mode option, enables quick selection of planes and mixed layers
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New Features
Stack Up Wizard – enhancements when in Material Library mode
This is the 8 layer stack up created by the new wizard
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New Features
Library Mode / Virtual Material Mode
Library Mode – uses real materials to generate stack ups by referencing the Speedstack material library. This method provides an absolute definition of the stack up down to the exact materials used in the build.
Virtual Material Mode – uses ‘virtual’ materials to generate stack ups. This is useful for exploring design options before committing to real materials.
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Symmetry mode – current mode highlight improved
Symmetry mode on
Symmetry mode off
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Toolbar options and menu entry enhancements
Materials are now grouped into rigid / flex / other
Rigid Materials
Other Materials
Flex Materials
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Toolbar options and menu entry enhancements (continued)
All stack up editing options now available when Controlled Impedance structures already exist on the stack up
‘Rebuild and Calculate’ option
Controlled Impedance tab selected
When the Controlled Impedance tab is selected, all stack up editing options are now enabled. Users may now make changes to a stack that has existing structures and then recalculate the structures using the ‘Rebuild and Calculate’ option
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