FabStrata is a Windows desktop application for reviewing PCB fabrication data. Open the deliverable package, see how every file was interpreted and why, then inspect the board in 2D and in physical-stackup 3D.
FabStrata is a fabrication-data viewer and review system, not PCB design or schematic software.
In developmentFabStrata is under development, but below are the features we are proud to show off.
Filenames, extensions, and headers are evidence, not truth. FabStrata shows the predicted role, stack position, and confidence for every file, with the measured evidence behind it, and nothing is committed to the project until you approve it. Parser readings stay under your control per file or per type.
Exact 2D artwork and physical-stackup 3D read the same geometry and the same layer order, so switching view does not create a second interpretation of the board. Copper sits at real Z with dielectric, plating, real holes, routed scrap, and blind or buried spans.
Nets come from physical copper and plating rather than source labels, and can be highlighted or isolated across every layer involved. Compare a revision step against the canonical layer matrix, then save the project and export a report, composite, check films, or a GLB for someone without FabStrata.
Highlight a net in context, then isolate it across every copper layer and plated span it touches.
Gerber X1/X2, Excellon/XNC, ODB++Design, DXF, PDF, and IPC-D-356 enter through reviewed import workflows.
Current limitsODB++ broader-producer validation and PDF raster/reference fidelity remain open. Any format table must show the limits adjacent to the format, not only on another page.
Reviewed import; parser readings are operator-controlled.
Reviewed import; spans and plating stay operator-editable.
Broader-producer validation is still open. Guarded to a fresh job. `.Z` compression, transformed repeats, composite symbols, declared stackup, and some semantic sections remain limited.
Carried in reference context, not as fabrication artwork.
Raster page fidelity, clipping and transparency, source-font outlines, and scanned-page OCR are not complete. Reference context only.
Imported as a reference for comparison, not as artwork.
Unsupported project versions are rejected, not guessed.
ODB++ broader-producer validation and PDF raster and reference fidelity are still open work. Full coverage and documented limits.
PCB review and rendering run locally. A network connection is used for sign-in, entitlement refresh, account features, and updates; fabrication data is never uploaded to FabStrata.
Import, geometry, connectivity, rendering, projects, and review exports are computed on the operator's computer. Customer fabrication data is not uploaded to FabStrata.
