Overview

Circuit Board Design is a product which addresses circuit board design in a mechanical design context (MCAD) and interfaces with industry standard electrical CAD (ECAD) systems.

This product offers the following main functions:

• Data can be exchanged with ECAD Systems through IDF Files (import/export)
• Circuit board geometry is designed within the global assembly product definition taking into account the mechanical context
• Electronic properties such as top and bottom faces can be defined and edited on any parts and assemblies
• Spatial and technological constraint areas can be created and managed
• Circuit board definitions can be analyzed in the context of the full Digital Mock-Up
• Creation and management of components in the database
• Hole and cutout patterns are supported
• Report capabilities.

Before reading this guide, you should be familiar with basic Version 6 concepts such as document windows, standard and view toolbars.

We therefore recommend that you read the Infrastructure User's Guide that describes generic capabilities common to all Version 6 products. It also describes the general layout of Version 6.

You may also like to read the Part Design User's Guide, the Assembly Design User's Guide and the Sketcher User's Guide

To get the most out of this guide, we suggest you start reading and performing the step-by-step procedures in the scenarios, which gives complete information about the product's functionalities.

The Interface Description section, which describes the Circuit Board Design workbench, and the Accessing and Customizing Settings section, which explains how to set up the options, will also certainly prove useful.