PRESS RELEASE
For immediate release
Pulsonix officially supports Windows 8 with the release of 7.6
Tewkesbury, UK. (Oct 20, 2012) – Westdev Ltd. – the PCB EDA company delivering technologyleading PCB design solutions today announced the release of its latest Pulsonix, version 7.6. With
the second interim release in the same year, Pulsonix V7.6 releases yet more significant
functionality for its user base.
“With the release of Microsoft Windows 8, the Pulsonix development team, with their Microsoft
Development Partner status, have tested the new operating system on various platforms and are
pleased to be able to officially certify its use with Pulsonix 7.6”, says Bob Williams, Marketing
Director for Pulsonix. He further comments, “Pulsonix has an aggressive development plan;
version 7.6 enables us to release additional completed functionality into the field ahead of a
major release and ahead of our scheduled release”.
Major New Features Overview
Along with Windows 8 support, Pulsonix 7.6 introduces the Scaling of Symbols in designs and the
library.
For users who require Pulsonix to be checking and validating data as it is added to the design,
Attribute Validation has been added. This enables a validation string to be defined. When used,
the attribute value will be checked and validated against this string. If no match is found, an
error message is produced.
Tolerances in Dimensions have been added to enable users to produce accurate documentation.
These are available in various industry formats to allow for the world-wide variety of standards.
The Measure tool has been added to the Schematics design editor to allow accurate measuring of
design and library objects.
Within the 3D Viewer, users can now specify whether a resistor band, based on its value, is
drawn using 3 stripes plus the tolerance band or 4 plus 1.
Many user-requested features have been added to aid productivity, such as Grid ‘crosses’ (in
addition to lines and ‘dot’s), an additional cursor type of 45 degree-crosshair, the ability to
move (on a single command) 10 cursor steps. The ability to calibrate the screen to view a design
as Actual Size has been added.
As part of the on-going support of import filters, the industry’s largest collection of free import
filters added a new one to the Pulsonix range for Allegro PCB Designs. The import support for
Eagle V6.3 has also been added.
For the Interactive High Speed option, shape formatting for Serpentine Routing has been added.
This enables different shape styles and patterns to be produced where track lengthening is
required.
More over…
Summary:
Windows 8 Support
Scaled Symbols
Attribute Validation
Measure Tool in Schematics
Tolerances in Dimensions
3+1 or 4+1 Resistor Bands for 3D Packages
Grid ‘crosses’ added
Move Cursor 10 Steps
Calibrate and View Actual Size
Additional Cursor Type – 45-Crosshair
Optimise After Edit
Display Pad Numbers in Pads
Import support for Eagle V6.3
Allegro PCB Design Import (Cost Option)
Interactive High Speed - Shape formatting for Serpentine Routing
Pulsonix Overview
Introduced in 2001, Pulsonix EDA software has made its mark to set the standard for highperformance Schematic design capture, Simulation, PCB layout and autorouting. Developed by a
dedicated in-house team, each release demonstrates how the fast-growing Pulsonix product is
introducing key features to win new business and offer users flexible and highly compatible
software that meets the demands of PCB design today.
ENDS
Notes to Editor:
Facts about Pulsonix:
·
Pulsonix is a leading EDA product and an experienced team of specialist software developers
and technologists undertakes all development.
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Pulsonix was introduced in 2001 and is now used by leading PCB companies in more than 100
countries worldwide.
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Established in 1998, Westdev is a fast-growing specialist EDA Software Company based in
Gloucestershire, UK.
For further information please contact:
Bob Williams
Marketing Director
Westdev Ltd
T. +44 (0) 1684 296 551
E. bobw@pulsonix.com
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Additional screen shots and a full technical datasheet are available on request.
Date: Oct 20 2012