Library Tools

As PCB designs become more sophisticated and design cycles shrink, more and more departments play an influential role in the final design. CADSTAR’s extensive on-line libraries have more than 200,000 ready-made parts and are updated and expanded constantly. The ready to download and use parts contain all the information a designer requires, including manufacturers' part numbers.

CADSTAR Exchange

CADSTAR Exchange is an extensive on-line library of more than 200.000 parts created in native CADSTAR format.

  • The ready to download and use parts contain all the information a designer requires including manufacturers’ part numbers
  • As default for the CADSTAR software, this library is updated and expanded constantly

Database Integration

CADSTAR also supports Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) integration with links to ODBC databases such as MSQL Server and Oracle.

  • CADSTAR’s OLE interface to MRP, ERP or e-PLM systems, allows the designer to store CADSTAR library data directly into these ODBC databases, making the management of components into your CADSTAR design a smooth, versatile, and quick process

Version Control

  • Verify in one overview if the parts, components, and symbols used in the design are the latest version available from the component library
  • Control your library management for parts, symbols and components
  • Update component versions in old designs manually or automatically

Component Wizards

  • The component wizard (available in PCB and Schematic design) allows you to quickly and accurately design a new footprint directly from the data available in the component manufacturers' data book
  • Create custom symbols or components
  • Create FPGA or BGA components

Datasheet Publisher

CADSTAR generates customized datasheets in HTML for every part in the library and these can be viewed and shared locally or on-line. It is vital for manufacturing to specify parts that satisfy the circuits' performance requirements and are available in the right quantities, at the right price, at the right moment.

    • Parts datasheet information viewed and shared locally across an intranet or Internet
    • Vital information for the purchasing department is available on parts datasheet