Most recently, our IPC-7351 LP Wizard won the IEC's 2007 Design Vision Award (PCB Design category) for its innovation, uniqueness, market impact, customer benefits, and value to society.

>Features of this software include:
• Graphic display of component features aligned with calculated land pattern
• Compensation variables for fabrication and assembly processes
• Preset operating environments or user defined goals for land pattern toe, heel and side protrusions
• Solder joint analysis calculations
• DRC protection from overlapping lands
• Automatic land pattern name generation

The IPC-7351A LP Calculator allows you to change the Manufacturing Tolerances that determine the pad size, Placement Courtyard Tolerance, PAD Width Round-off, Component Tolerance, Land Pattern Name, and the Solder Joint Analysis. Alternatively, you can simply use the default IPC settings, modify, and save your library documentation (using the LP Librarian or Wizard) for future retrieval.

This product provides the Pick & Place Zero Component Rotation for accurate assembly data. The JEDEC JEP95 publication and the EIA / ANSI 481 specification for tape and reel packaging was used to determine the exact component zero rotation on the assembly tape and reel or tube so that you can build all your CAD library parts in the same zero rotation to provide your vendors with accurate assembly data.

How is the IPC-7351A LP Software Beneficial?
The IPC-7351A LP Software is especially beneficial if you:

1. spend more time than necessary to match up PCB components with land patterns,
2. consider the current name of your land pattern to be all the documentation you need to have,
3. are tired of laying parts on a 1:1 plot of your printed circuit board to verify that the land patterns you’ve selected are the right ones (if you see the difference between 0.1mm and 0.2 mm!)
4. design your product with its operating environment in mind
5. want to improve the bottom line by making PCB design more efficient

The IPC-7351A PCB Libraries LP Calculator is the library maintenance tool that will revolutionize the way you work. This software gives you access to options that will allow you to quickly and easily browse your PCB land pattern library to locate, view, construct and verify the mechanics of your PCB library design.

What About Alternatives?
Like nearly everything else, there are alternatives. However, this software stands above the other "maverick" calculators and land pattern generators out there.

The first and most important reason is that we alone did not determine how the outputs are generated. Instead, we worked with IPC as the IPC-7351A standard was developed to ensure the output of this software would comply with the new standard and be accepted by the industry. Unlike alternatives, this software was produced from the ground up based entirely on the IPC-7351A as this standard was developed, which means this software does not build parts to our standard, but the IPC-7351.

Another reason our software is superior is because it is CAD-neutral and perfectly dovetails with the absolutely free library documentation provided by IPC. This documentation is rapidly growing and will continually add greater value to LP software users over time. Unlike other tools created independently of IPC, this tool will meet your company's long-term library documentation needs, and provide you unprecedented compatibility with what the rest of the industry is using.