ACE (Advanced CAD Exchange) provides a seamless 'two-way' translation between the most common EDA formats (GDS-II, DXF, Gerber, OASIS, IGES, Postscript, HPGL, TIFF, BMP, JPEG, PNG) and includes a built-in Viewer to verify results! Advanced features handle where other translators fail- Maintains Step & Repeated data, Composite Layers, Custom Apertures, Flatten Composite Layers to Polygons, Keeps Arrayed Cells. The ACE built-in Viewer includes Rulers, Measurement tools, Query, Cell Browser, Hierarchy Browser, HighLite Broken Polygons, Export screen captures in viewer to Image files, and more. Files outputted from ACE are extremely compact & optimized and compatible with all design systems.

ACE Professional-2D also includes a powerful PDF-Plot Engine to elegantly produce high-resolution, large area (up to 'E' size) PDF files which can be used to accurately create check-plots or for design reviews with colleagues or customers.