NX PCB Exchange: ECAD/MCAD collaboration Printed circuit data definition and associative bi-directional exchange between NX and ECAD design systems www.siemens.com/nx NX Benefits • Facilitates design collaboration through sharing of engineering information • Helps eliminate errors through validation and visual checking • Shortens design time; improves overall efficiency • Eliminates tedious work for mechanical designers Features • Integrates mechanical and electrical design processes • Provides associative bi-directional sharing of flexible printed circuits (FPCs) and rigid PCB designs between ECAD systems and NX software • Includes facilities for the preview of IDF files and visualization of the data exchange process • Provides rule-based filtering of components and features • Allows user to generate web HTML reports of PCB assembly • Users can explore an existing PCB assembly using the PC Design Navigator feature • Manages changes with Compare and Update feature Summary NX PCB Exchange is an invaluable tool, providing associative bi-directional data exchange of flexible printed circuits or rigid printed circuit board (PCB) layouts between all ECAD software and the NX™ digital product development applications. It is used to directly generate NX 3D assembly models of the flexible printed circuits or rigid PCBs and components. PCB Exchange includes facilities for validation of the printed circuit board structure. PCB Exchange facilitates modeling of a printed circuit board within the NX digital product development system. The resulting data can be exported, using several protocols, to the ECAD system. Once an NX assembly has been created, it is accessible by all NX applications for design review, assembly, tolerance checks and simulation.
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NX PCB Exchange: ECAD/MCAD collaborationPrinted circuit data definition and associative bi-directional exchange between NX and ECAD design systems
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Benefits• Facilitatesdesigncollaborationthroughsharingofengineeringinformation
• Helpseliminateerrorsthroughvalidationandvisualchecking
• Shortensdesigntime;improvesoverallefficiency
• Eliminatestediousworkformechanicaldesigners
Features• Integratesmechanicalandelectricaldesignprocesses
• Providesassociativebi-directionalsharingofflexibleprintedcircuits(FPCs)andrigidPCBdesignsbetweenECADsystemsandNXsoftware
• IncludesfacilitiesforthepreviewofIDFfilesandvisualizationofthedataexchangeprocess
• Providesrule-basedfilteringofcomponentsandfeatures
• AllowsusertogeneratewebHTMLreportsofPCBassembly
• UserscanexploreanexistingPCBassemblyusingthePCDesignNavigatorfeature
• ManageschangeswithCompareandUpdatefeature
SummaryNXPCBExchangeisaninvaluabletool,providingassociativebi-directionaldataexchangeofflexibleprintedcircuitsorrigidprintedcircuitboard(PCB)layoutsbetweenallECADsoftwareandtheNX™digitalproductdevelopmentapplications.ItisusedtodirectlygenerateNX3DassemblymodelsoftheflexibleprintedcircuitsorrigidPCBsandcomponents.
PCB Exchange includes facilities for validation of the printed circuit board structure.
PCBExchangefacilitatesmodelingofaprintedcircuitboardwithintheNXdigitalproductdevelopmentsystem.Theresultingdatacanbeexported,usingseveralprotocols,totheECADsystem.OnceanNXassemblyhasbeencreated,itisaccessiblebyallNXapplicationsfordesignreview,assembly,tolerancechecksandsimulation.
Inaddition,thePCBassemblyinNXcanbeusedtogeneratemanufacturingandproductdocumentationaswellastoperformdetailedthermalandstructuralanalyses.ByutilizingtheNXAdvancedSimulationmodulefeaturingtheNXElectronicsSystemsCoolingandNXNastran®solvers,theusercanperformpowerfuldownstreamanalysisontheirPCBmodel.
PCBExchangefacilitatesthefollowingengineeringtasks:• Onlinedesignreviewstoverifymanufacturability
• Toleranceanalysis• Interferencechecks• Assembly-levelcoolingsimulationandheatsinksizing
• Sheetmetalpartdesignandflatpatterndevelopment
• Boardandsystem-levelstructuralandthermalanalysis
• Vibrationandimpactanalysis• Draftingandtechnicaldocumentation
Modeling PC boards in NXPCBExchangetoolsandNXdesignapplica-tionslikeFlexiblePrintedCircuitDesignmakeiteasytomodelflexibleorrigidprintedcircuitassemblies.BoardsandcomponentsaremodeledusingstandardpartmodelingpracticeswithNX.AnassemblyoftheboardandcomponentsiscreatedwithintheNXapplication,andthePCBExchangetoolbarfacilitatesidentificationofadditionalboardand
TheMCAD/ECADexchangeprocessistypicallyinitiatedinNXusingthePCBExchangeapplication.AuserexportstheinitialPCBlayoutandkeycomponentlocations,aswellasinformationaboutholesandrestrictionareastoanECADsystem.BecausethetranslatordirectlyusesexistingPCBlayoutdata,thetaskofinterpretingandre-enteringinformationiseliminated.TheuseoftheNXPCBExchangemoduleresultsinfewererrors,fasterturnaroundtimeandeliminationoftediousworkformechanicaldesigners.
WithinNX,amechanicaldesignercandefinetheboardshapeandpre-placecriticalcomponentssuchasconnectors,switches,displaysandLEDsusingthestandardassemblyanddesigncapabilities.Then,usingPCBExchangetools,thedesignercandefinekeep-in/outregionsaswellasotherboardandcomponentattri-butes.ThepreliminaryPCBdesignisthentransferredtoanECADsystemforthePCBdesignertouseasthebasisfortheboardlayout.AftertheremainingcomponentsareplacedintheECADsystem,theupdatedboardcanbepassedbacktoNX.
ThemechanicaldesignerisgiventheopportunitytocomparethechangeswiththepreviousversionandupdatethemodelinNXasnecessary.BringingthedesignbackintotheMCADspaceallowsthemechanicaldesignertoensuretheboardassemblyfitsintothefinalproductpack-age.MultipleiterationsofthisbasicdesigndataflowbetweenECADandMCADsystemstypicallyoccurduringtheproductdesignphase.PCBExchangemakesiteasytotransfercomplexPCBassemblydatabetweenNXandECADpackages.
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Features continued• Canbecustomizedforuser-andsite-specificworkflows
• CanbeusedinconcertwithTeamcenter®softwarewherepartsareautomaticallycreatedorretrievedfromtheTeamcenterpartsdatabase
ECAD requirements• StandardPCBExchangeusestheIDF2,IDF3orIDF4fileformatfordataexchange.MostECADvendorssupportIDF2orIDF3fordataexchange.BothPCBExchangeandanECADIDFtranslatorarerequiredtocompletethebi-directionaltransferofPCBdatabetweensystems.ECADPCBlayoutsystemsthatsupportIDFincludesystemsfromMentorGraphics,Cadence,ZukenandAltium.
• AdditionalelectricalfeaturescanbeimportedfromGenCADmanufacturingfiles.
• TightercollaborationcanbeachievedwithZukenCR-5000usingthePCBExchangeforZukenadd-onmodule.
• AsofNX8.5,PCBExchangesupportsdataexchangeusingtheProSTEPiViPEDMDSchema,alsoknownasIDX.
Prerequisites• NXmodelingandassemblydesign
• PCBIDFtranslatorfromECADvendor
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Using PCB Exchange allows you to interface with other NX services such as thermal and flow analysis.
Detailed data exchange capabilitiesStandardPCBExchangeallowsforthebi-directionalsharingofPCBdesigndatabetweentheECADsystemandNX,including:• Boardlayoutwithcutoutsandthickness• Componentfootprint,heightandlayoutincludingboardsideandoffsets
• Drilledholesandholeproperties• Restrictionareas(keep-insandkeep-outs)
• Componentreferencedesignators• Componentorpackagename/number
IfprovidedwithaGenCADmanufacturingfilefromtheECADsystem,userscanimportadditionalelectricalinformationsuchaspads,coppertracesandvias.
PCBExchangealsosupportsthefollowing:• AutomaticsubstitutionofexistingNXpartswithintheboardassembly
• ComparisonofNXandimportedECADdatamodelstoshowchanges
• SelectiveupdatingofNXmodelsusingtheCompare&Updateutility
systemincludinginteractivepreviewingofdataandvisualizationofthedataexchangeprocess.• Component mapping–allowsformaintenanceofdifferentcomponentpartnamesandnumbersbetweenthetwosystems
• Filtering–allowsfortheremovalofsmallcomponentsorsmallboardfeatures,suchaspinholes,formoreefficientassemblymodeling
WhendataisimportedfromECAD,PCBExchangewillautomaticallycreateextrudedcomponentfootprintstocreate3Dpartsandcorrectlypositioninstancesofthesepartsontheboardassembly.However,ifavailable,itcanalsousedetailedcomponentsavailableinTeamcenterpartfolderstocreatePCBassemblies.TeamcenterisasoftwaresolutionfamilyfromSiemensthatenablesenterprisestocapture,manage,access,integrateandleveragediversetypesofproductinformationinaweb-nativeenvironment.componentattributesforexchange
withanECADsystem,suchasReferenceDesignators.PCBExchangeprovidesthetoolstoidentifyboardcomponents,drilledholesandrestriction(keep-inandkeep-out)areas.ThePCDesignNavigatorofPCBExchangepresentsadynamiclistofthePCBassemblyfeatures,whichcanbehighlightedandediteddirectlywithinthenavigator.Furthermore,PCBExchangechecksyourPCBassemblyandgeneratesHTMLwebreportsthatareloadedauto-maticallywithinthebrowsertaboftheNXresourcebarworkspace.
Component librariesAnessentialpartofthePCBdataexchangeprocessiscoordinatingcomponentpartinformationbetweenNXandtheECADsystem.PCBExchangeprovidessimplemethodstohelpmatchandfiltercompo-nentdatabetweenNXandtheECAD
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Printed circuits with thousands of components can be effortlessly moved between NX and your ECAD system.
New capabilities added to PCB Exchange allow it to work with the new Flexible Printed Circuit Design product in NX.
PCBExchangeusescoppertracedataimportedfromECADtocomputeandapplydetailedconductivepropertiestotheboardthermalmodels.
IntheNXAdvancedSimulationenviron-ment,suchboardthermalmodelscanthenbecombinedwithotherthermalandfluidflowmodelstoconductsystem-levelanaly-seswithNXElectronicsSystemsCooling.
Downstream thermal analysis with NX Electronics Systems CoolingPCBExchangeautomaticallygeneratesboardthermalmodels,readytobesolvedusingNXElectronicsSystemsCooling.Userscancontrolthedefaultcomponentparameters,boardmeshsizeandcolor,andenvironmentalconditions.Bypointingtoauserdatabaseofcomponentthermalproperties,PCBExchangecreatesasuit-ablemodelforeachelectricalcomponent.Modeltypesinclude:• 0-resistoror“singleload”models• 1-resistormodels• JEDEC2-resistormodels
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Enhanced connection with Zuken CR-5000ThePCBExchangeforZukenadd-onallowsformorerobustdatatransmissionwithZuken’sCR-5000package.Thisenhanceddatasetincludes:• Pin/padplacements• Coppertracesandnets• Masks• Internallayers• Customdrawinglayers• Bendregionsforflexibleprintedcircuits
ForcustomerswhousetheZukenCR-5000systemforelectronicsdesign,thisconnec-tionallowsfortightercollaborationbetweenMCADandECAD.
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