Zuken help product designers meet the challenges of smaller and complex enclosures, with 3D clearance analysis using true component shapes. True 3D checks of multiboard designs can be carried out against all aspects of a product, including the enclosure. This latest version of Zuken's CR8000 single and multiboard design solution also includes improved accuracy in layer configuration design work through transfer of layer configuration data between CR 8000 Design Force and Polar Instruments Speedstack. Specified shapes are assigned individually or collectively. Zuken's CR-8000 is the nextgeneration, productcentric design solution for creating complex product designs. CR-8000 Design Force enables design teams to easily create any design from quick prototype boards to complex, multiboard systems using a single tool. As manufacturers push to fit boards in eversmaller spaces, enclosures become more complex and achieving a good product fit gets harder. It is estimated that up to 50% of prototypes need to be reworked at the manufacturing stage because of a fit problem creating significant project risk in terms of cost and time for product designers. To help meet this challenge, CR8000 Design Force now allows users to perform even more accurate 3D checks by using a true 3D component model with a preciselymatched 3D shape, rather than simply using a shape defined by a boundary box. Accurate shape parts can be used for collision checks and 3D clearance checks. This ability to check the enclosure early and continuously in the design process supports better collaboration between the electrical and mechanical design teams,
eliminating the silo effect and reducing time to market and design iterations. Layer configuration data can now be transferred between CR-8000 Design Force and Polar Instruments Speedstack, bringing the manufacturing and PCB design stages closer together. This ensures that the most accurate and uptodate information from material manufacturers and PCB manufacturers is being used, removing the need to reinput stackup data thus saving time and improving quality. A number of productivity and user operability enhancements are available in CR-8000 2015.1, including: Design edit function enhancements It is now easy to create line shapes considering the production yield ratio and signal quality. Track width changes When routing with the track/route differential pair/bundle route command, the track width now changes automatically on the boundary of a rule area. New export formats for outputting waveforms in the waveform viewer, improving efficiency in documenting and reporting signal results for engineering information and review.