FlexBV - Macbook, iPhone, PC/Laptop & in-house BoardViewer with PDF Cross Referencing

Save time and money

^*When you buy a FlexBV licence, it does not expire for that version ever.
FlexBV interlinks boardviews and schematics saving you the hassle of manually cross-referencing, to provide a smoother repair process, leaving you to keep your mind focused on finding the fault.

"Switching to FlexBV will likely recoup the cost of its licence within a single business day in time saved."

Repairing modern high part density electronics devices demands the utilisation of boardview software. Advanced FlexBV boardview software integrates your boardview files with PDF schematics to substantially ease the process of tracking down faults and understanding damaged boards.

Macbook BRD format file with associated PDF schematic

Who is it meant for?

You're a professional repair agent who performs board level electronics repairs on devices with access to boardviews and schematics
You're part of an assembly or rework team with an in-house, or contracted system
You currently use OpenBoardview, or Landrex but want the PDF cross referencing and superior rendering

Key Features

OpenBoardData coverage indicated in green for 820-00165 board

Buy it and own it

FlexBV is not a subscription model licence. You are purchasing a perpetual ownership licence. The price you pay today grants you the legal right to continue to use the FlexBV version you have purchased indefinitely, without expiration.
FlexBV is licenced on a per concurrent user model, meaning you can have it installed on multiple machines, but only one in use at any given time
FlexBV costs $147.00 USD per licence
Upgrade from prior versions for $67.00 USD
Email support for 12 months
FlexBV upgrades at no cost for licenced major version (ie, Version 5)

What about the boardviews?

For legal reasons boardviews and schematics are not able to be bundled with FlexBV as much as we wish we could but they are readily available and you're not limited to what ever would have been bundled. If you can find the boardview and the schematic PDF then you can add it to FlexBV (most common formats supported).

Device Type	Availability
Macbook	Almost no limit on the availability of Macbook boardviews and schematics. Easily available at no cost from places such as Badcaps.Net for no cost, just sign up and download. New Macbook boards routinely uploaded
iPhones/iPads	Many of the older iPhones currently available in BRD or BVR format from Badcaps.Net. There are various projects in the works to provide more recent versions up to and including the iPhone 12.
Android phones/tablets	Not as common to find as the iPhone/iPads but there is some availability
PC Laptops	In most cases Badcaps will have any available boardviews accessible. Sometimes you'll have to make a specific request in the Schematic Requests section and if someone has one they'll provide it
PC Desktops	There are large collections from some brands such as MSI and ASUS but the general availability of them is less common than PC Laptops. A lot of boards are provided as CAD (GenCAD) files which FlexBV supports.
Other consumer electronics	Currently we don't see a lot of devices with boardviews & schematics being offered, but you can always try ask the manufacturer if they can supply a limited GenCAD export ( top and bottom layers only ) as well as the schematic, though with the current commercial mentalities the chances are sadly quite low

How does it compare?

Feature	FlexBV	Landrex	OpenBoardView
Cost	$147.00 USD. Updates for purchased licence version free (ie, V5)	N/A	N/A
Licence type	Per concurrent seat licence, perpetual	Closed	Open Source
Support	Direct email for 12 months	None	Github Issues
Internet connectivity required?	No	No	No
Cross Platform (Windows, macOS, Linux)	Yes	No	Yes
OpenBoardData Support	Yes	No	No
Supported file formats	brd¹Allegro binary BRD not supported, bdv, cst, asc, bvr, bvr2, bvre, cad, fzNo key required, fab, hyp, odb²Single file format exported from OrCAD. Different to odb++, GenCAD, Altium Designer / Protel^*ASCII/plain-text export, IPC-D-356[A]	brd¹	brd¹, bdv, cst, asc, bvr, bvr2, cad, fz³FZ decoding key required, not supplied
Board Annotations	Yes	No	Yes
Open Source Contributor	Yes	No	Yes
PDF Cross Referencing	Yes	No	No
Part Finder	Yes	No	No
Job tracking	Yes	No	No
PCB Theme Engine	Yes	No	No

GenCAD support with defined pad & part outlines