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SOLIDWORKS PCB Essentials Training

Prerequisite(s)

Basic knowledge of SOLIDWORKS. Experience with the Windows Operating System.

Length

3 Days

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Description

Learn how to develop schematics for your board layouts, add components and assign supplier links, and check design integrity using rules. Create PCB designs using configurable layer stacks, add keepouts and cutouts, place and route components, and add copper pours. Learn how to collaborate seamlessly with SOLIDWORKS to finalize the designs, with a managed ECO change process.

Completing this course will help you:

  • Manage your designs in SOLIDWORKS
  • Develop schematics for electrical board layouts

Course outline

  • SOLIDWORKS PCB Environment
  • SOLIDWORKS PCB Connector
  • User Interface Elements
  • PCB Project Documents
  • Creating Projects
  • Creating Project Documents
  • Basic Project Management Tasks
  • Understanding Templates
  • Creating One Template from Another
  • Inserting a Company Logo
  • Setting Document Text Parameters
  • Setting Template Project Parameters
  • Creating Cable Connection Points
  • Optimizing Wires and Buses
  • Breaking Wires at Autojunctions
  • Using Symbol Placement Shortcuts
  • Placing Library Components
  • Placing Parts
  • Inserting Power Ports
  • Wiring Placement Modes
  • Placing Wire Connections
  • Creating Buses
  • Using Net Labels
  • Processing Order
  • Matching Options
  • Engineering Change Order
  • Compiling and Realizing the Results
  • Creating a PCB Board in SOLIDWORKS
  • Pushing a Board to SOLIDWORKS PCB
  • Creating a PCB Board in SOLIDWORKS PCB
  • Configuring PCB View Configurations
  • Defining the Board Layer Stack
  • Redefining the Board Shapes
  • Applying Cutouts and Keepouts
  • Defining PCB Placement Constraints in SOLIDWORKS
  • Setting an Origin
  • Creating a Cartesian Grid and Polar Grid
  • Linking Components
  • Updating the PCB Layout
  • Positioning Footprints
  • Repositioning Footprints in SOLIDWORKS
  • Modifying the Existing Rules
  • Interactive Routing Preferences
  • Multi-Trace Routing
  • Adjusting the Traces to Fix Errors
  • Setting Polygon Pour Parameters
  • Defining Polygon Pour Nets
  • Modifying Multiple Objects
  • Configuring Output Files
  • Creating New Symbols
  • Using the Symbol Wizard
  • Creating New Footprints
  • Using the IPC Footprint Wizard
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