Download IPC-2581 Free Viewers
WISE 2581 Viewer
Visualize - Set Visibility and Color of Layers, Pads, Traces, Drills and Nets
Inspect – Use hierarchical data Navigator, interactive inspection tools and usage reports
Measure – Point to Point, Edge to Edge, Center to Center
Markup – Annotate with Mark-up Text to easily communicate issues/instructions
Print – To any standard Windows printer device
Save - To a compact WISE database for further inspection
Siemens DownStream Technologies Vu2581
Vu2581 is an unlicensed freeware application designed for viewing IPC-2581 data files. Vu2581 will read any IPC-2581 File and offers more functionality than the traditional viewer application.
Unique features include the ability to measure distances between objects, set colors and visibility for nets, pads, layers and so on. Set highlight colors for one or more components. Display Drills by size, layer depth, or technology. Vu2581 will has its own, unique installation and can be installed alongside our existing products without conflict – Retrieve Vu2581.
ZofzPCB Free IPC-2581 Viewer
The format contains everything a Gerber File Set does, like images for all layers, drills, netlist, BOM, and Stack. The information inside the IPC-2581 is strictly structured. Usually, there is no need to add anything to fully and automatically define/understand the PCB and assembled components.
Thanks to the included geometry data and netlist (the equivalent of IPC-356), ZofzPCB can create component models right from the start.
In IPC-2581, the board shape is represented by a face, not a drawing of face edges. This approach is an excellent improvement from the unclear Gerber semantics.
PCB Preflight IPC-2581 Viewer
PCB Preflight viewer for IPC-2581 is an easy to use application which provides everyone the ability to view and verify their IPC-2581 files. It can also perform basic DFM Checks, measure, print, markup, view stackup, and includes realistic PCB preview.
PCB Preflight for IPC-2581 is provided at no cost, and runs on both Windows and Linux platforms