Ucamco clears more front-end engineering bottlenecks with Ucam v8.5 The latest release of Ucamco’s UCAM PCB CAM software delivers increased productivity in two areas which have historically restricted front-end engineering throughput: the preparation of complex rout profiles for rigid and flexible boards, and design optimization to increase fabrication yields. Ucamco has rolled out an aggressive schedule of new software releases, training programs and webinars since it was re-founded as an independent provider in 2008. Each step has been based on the identification of a PCB front-end engineering bottleneck and the development of an appropriate solution to clear it. Preparing accurate profiling tools for complex-shaped PCBs has always been a slow process. It requires entering complex data from the customer’s drawing, preparing the tool data and then checking it back against the original drawing. UCAM Version 8.5.1 provides a practical real-world solution. The customer’s PDF drawing is displayed directly on-screen.