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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