
The EPD-Allegro APD Interface
Link is Not
part of any Master Designer
Suite but may be purchased separately as an add-on.
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Third Party EDA Links - EPD-Allegro APD Interface
Designers using the Cadence Allegro Package Designer (APD) tool for packaging can now make use of the unique complimentary tool sets now available from CAD Design Software (CDS) through two-way interfaces.
Supplement your Cadence APD with time and cost saving software that expands the scope of Cadence
APD’s design types, documentation and CAM operations.
Layouts completed in CDS's Electronics Packaging Designer (EPD) tools can now be exported for reading into the industry-standard
Cadence APD environment.
EPD’s front end offerings include:
- Intelligization of unintelligent AutoCAD and DXF designs
- Lead Frame intelligization and Library Search
- Lead Frame design with full Net List and DRC intelligence.
- Stacked Substrates act as a single layout
- Automatic layer shifting when inserting/extracting substrates from the stack
- Advanced true 3D modeling of Lead Frames and advanced substrates
- Bond Wire yield rate optimization through 3D checking.
- Advanced DRC checks for all design types
Designs created in Cadence APD can now be imported into EPD for post-processing.
- Advanced routing tools for Wire-Bonded and Flip-Chip designs.
- Advanced DRC checks for all package types
- BGA Strip Generation with multiple substrates in the same design
- Auto Documentation – a full suite of tools
- CAM post processing
The EPD environment was created by experienced designers for today’s time pressed designers and
complements the APD Allegro tool set.
The benefit to our customers is an advanced tool set that forms a complete solution. Now, use the best functions of both EPD and APD together for a best-in-class tool set.
Please contact your Account
Manager or click
to request more information..
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