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BluePrint for PCBs version 1.7 creates documentation for PCB fabrication, assembly and inspection. Functionality and enhancements include advanced visibility functionality for components, pins, nets, drills, ref designators, part names and attributes. Reportedly permits finetuning of each PCB view display to better articulate manufacturing instructions. Also includes customer driver defect resolutions and enhancements for dimensioning and drafting commands; complete API documentation release; a direct integration link via ODBC to Omnify Software SQL database; search functionality; PADS 2007 support and PADS stroke font support; replication of headers on split tables for parts lists, variant lists, component lists, etc. Free to customers with maintenance contract.

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