September 2016 • The PCB Design Magazine 65
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PentaLogix Implements
Ucamco's Gerber X2 in
ViewMate and CAMMaster
PentaLogix has completed
its Gerber X2 input and
output. Working closely
with Ucamco, the devel-
oper of the Gerber format,
PentaLogix has success-
fully implemented Gerber
X2. The output has been
fully verified by Ucamco, who confirm it conforms
to the X2 specification.
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EMA Announces Ultra
Librarian for OrCAD
EMA Design Automa-
tion has announced
Ultra Librarian for
OrCAD, providing
symbols and foot-
prints for over 7 mil-
lion parts. EMA is currently enlisting select custom-
ers to join the early adopter program. These users
will be able to try out the solution and provide
feedback on functionality, ease of use, speed, and
additional capabilities.
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The Shaughnessy Report:
Voices of the Industry
In a survey, we asked readers
like you to share some of your
thoughts about PCB design, de-
sign engineering, and the elec-
tronics manufacturing industry
in general. We even provided
a few helpful "trigger" state-
ments to get your brains firing right, including, "If
they would just do this…" The result is the August
issue, "Voices of the Industry."
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Sisoft to Exhibit and Present
at EDI CON USA 2016
SiSoft will be ex-
hibiting at the
upcoming EDI
CON USA 2016
at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, Sep-
tember 20-22. SiSoft will also be co-presenting,
with MathWorks, the technical session "Leverag-
ing SerDes Design Flows for AMI Model Develop-
ment" during the event Wednesday at 11:30 AM
in Room 202.
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Altium Acquires
Perception Software
Altium has com-
pleted acquisi-
tion of Perception
Software, a pro-
vider of enterprise
PLM integration
solutions. Percep-
tion Software will bring over a decade of enter-
prise integration expertise and technology to the
Altium portfolio.
J
Zuken and Aras Partner
to Deliver Ideal EDM/PLM
Environment
Zuken and Aras have
entered into a part-
nership to develop
a new approach for
managing cross-dis-
cipline product de-
velopment processes
that include electri-
cal and electronic
design data from design creation to manufactur-
ing. The new solution will span enterprise process-
es across the lifecycle.
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