Galaad CopperCAM

CopperCAM is an independent version of Galaad's Percival module for isolation engraving, drilling and cutting of printed-circuit boards.
import of Gerber & Excellon files, with automatic or manual alignment.

· Management of 4 circuit layers, plus drills, plus cut-out, plus centering holes
· Real-time display of equipotential paths through layers
· Automatic calculation of isolating contours, hatched surface pockets
· Possible drills with boring cycles, limiting tool changes
· Automatic calculation of board contour cut-path, with manual addition of binding points
· Edition and correction of diaphragms for pads and tracks, one by one or grouped
· Manual modification of isolation contours (deletion or addition with auto-snap)
· Selection of tracks to be engraved at path centre (texts, logos or references)
· Management of a tool library and drilling strategies depending to available cutters
· Pre-defined HPGL, DXF, G-code, Isel-NCP, Roland RDGL, Suregrave SML, Colinbus CBR outputs
· Fully customisable post-processor output
· Automatic chaining to a machining driver, or output to a virtual printer driver or a COM / LPT port

CopperCAM process sequence is simple :

· Opening of a Gerber file that contains one of the printed circuit layers
· For old Gerber RS274-D files, manual edit of diaphragms (shape & size)
· Opening of eventual next layers (4 circuit layers maximum)
- detection (or manual plotting) of the card cut-out contour with tool compensation
· Detection (or manual plotting) and disabling of ground copper-planes
· Opening of an Excellon file for eventual drillings
· Automatic or manual alignment of layers (using reference pads for easy and quick alignment)
· Manual plotting of tracks that represent logos or texts to be engraved at centre
· Once the layers are aligned, automatic calculation of isolating contours
· Eventual corrections on contours (additions between pads, deletions, connections, etc.)
· Manual plotting of hatched zones to remove the copper off a surface and ease the soldering job
· Eventual addition of centering holes to give an origin reference on the reversed board
· Checking of drilling tools and eventual boring cycles
· At last, selection and sending of output data to the driver software or directly to the machine