ALTIUMLIVE ENABLING COHESIVE MCAD/ECAD COLABORATION

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1 ALTIUMLIVE ENABLING COHESIVE MCAD/ECAD COLABORATION Linda Mazzitelli ECAD Segment Solutions Director PTC Munich Jan

2 ECAD/MCAD Agenda ECAD/MCAD Challenges ECAD/MCAD Use Cases Collaboration Considerations Parasolid Format Collaboration Data Flow Demo Roadmap Summary

3 ECAD/MCAD Compatibility Challenges First CAD system: 1963 Modelled after manual drafting methods Employed vector graphics Surprisingly similar interface to today s touch screens Output was usually paper drawings or microfilm Engineer using Lockheed CADAM to to design commercial airliners

4 ECAD/MCAD Compatibility Challenges CAD systems for PCB and Schematic design began to appear in the 1970s Altium (then Protel) released first product, Protel PCB in 1985 Output generally Gerber data for transferring to manufacturer Engineer using Lockheed CADAM to design commercial airliners

5 ECAD/MCAD Industry Challenges Small enclosures impact placement, keepins, keepouts Connectors and mounting holes must move together Ensuring rotation, orientation and mtg. holes are correct across all connectors Assembly screw shorting electrical connection on PCB Avoiding collisions with other Board(s), Components, enclosures, etc

6 ECAD/MCAD Design Challenges Collaboration Design Challenges Synchronizing ECAD with MCAD Typically working with two disparate tool sets and organizations ECAD and MCAD have completely different vocabulary Infrequent collaboration due to inability to easily see what changed Manual communication ( s, PPTs, face-to-face)

7 ECAD/MCAD Use Cases Sharing initial board outline between domains Typically MCAD owned, enclosure rules over all Sharing critical object placement from MCAD to ECAD MCAD owns connector locations, switches etc. Boundaries, keep-in/keep-out Mounting Holes

8 ECAD/MCAD Current Collaboration Mechanical PCB Designers need ability to easily collaborate with each other!

9 ECAD/MCAD Current Collaboration PROBLEMS WITH CURRENT CODESIGN Speed: Can take hours to exchange Accuracy: Incorrectly modeled or missing faces Lengthy Setup: Adds time to process 9

10 ECAD/MCAD What if? There was a solution that could: Reduce overall design cycle time by easily visualizing your ECAD designs in the context of the higher-level assembly? Decrease time to market by providing more efficient communication of changes throughout the design process? Increase quality by validating design integrity early and often? Significantly decrease prototype re-spins by ensuring ECAD-MCAD data is in sync before it goes out the door?

11 ECAD/MCAD MCAD/ECAD TRANSFER Altium Workspace Altium Plug-In

12 ECAD/MCAD Methodology Model Transfer Methodology Speed: Significant speed improvement Reliability: Models are accurate and robust Rapid Setup: Once plug-in installed, one click You maintain control over your design with Accept/Reject Change capability

13 ECAD/MCAD Collaboration Example Collaboration with Creo Parametric Visualize and immediately identify issues within a coordinated 3D environment Evaluate and Propose incremental changes easily and efficiently Review and Validate proposals in each domain before implementing Accept/Reject proposed changes Communicate updates electronically and save history with the design Synchronize the results between MCAD and ECAD Trace the decision process Altium Workspace

14 ECAD/MCAD Break the Barrier PCB Layout Mechanical

15 ECAD/MCAD True Collaboration New Co-Design Abilities Details available for true mechanical collaboration Ability to send models with or without copper or other details to speed process Changes can be sent either way with annotation and approval

16 ALTIUMLIVE SNEAK PREVIEW: ECAD/MCAD COLLABORATION Mark Forbes Director of Technical Marketing Altium San Diego Jan

17 ECAD/MCAD Sneak Preview Altium Designer Collaboration Capabilities Collaborate with full 3D mechanical models Details available for true mechanical collaboration Ability to send files with or without copper or other details to speed process Changes can be sent either way with annotation and approval

18 ECAD/MCAD Sneak Preview Altium Designer 19 Collaboration Compatibility Dassault Systemes SolidWorks PTC Creo Autodesk Inventor

19 ECAD/MCAD Collaboration in AD 19 Altium Co-Design SNEAK PREVIEW DEMO

20 ECAD/MCAD Collaboration in AD 19 One-click collaboration Improved transfer speed Highly-accurate models using Parasolids Allows simulation and accurate measurements Compatible with 3 MCAD tools Creo SolidWorks Inventor

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