What Does CircuitWorks Do?

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What Does CircuitWorks Do?

• Reads IDF files from ECAD systems
• Creates an accurate SolidWorks Assembly of the
  PCB
• and components
• The resulting assembly can be edited in
  SolidWorks
• IDF files can be saved out of
• SolidWorks for reuse
• in the ECAD system

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What is IDF?

• Intermediate Data Format
• Industry standard data exchange format between
  ECAD systems
• Supported by most ECAD systems
• Visit www.intermedius.com for more information

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Who Uses IDF?
The following ECAD packages produce IDF output,
either directly or via a Third Party translator

• OrCad Layout
• PADS PowerPCB
• P-CAD PCB
• Pantheon
• Supermax E-CAD
• THEDA AUTOBOARD
• Visula

• Allegro
• Board Station
• CADES-G
• Cadvance
• CadStar for Windows
• CR-5000
• Expedition PCB

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Why use CircuitWorks?

• To obtain an accurate assembly for collision
  detection and minimum envelope size to develop
  enclosures for PCBs
• To produce complex PCB outlines for the ECAD
  system
• Thermal Analysis in SolidWorks
• Allows electrical and mechanical engineers to
  collaborate more closely on design projects

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Features

• Support for IDF 2.0, 3.0 and PADS files
• Works completely inside SolidWorks
• Easy to use wizard based interface
• Fully bi-directional
• Supports board cut-outs and drilled holes
• Fully supports part configurations
• Supports custom properties for linking to PDM or
  SolidWorks Bills of Materials

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Features

• Supports all IDF objects -
• Place keepouts and outlines
• Route keepouts and outlines
• Via keepouts
• Place regions
• Can use a pre-built component library or can
  generate library parts dynamically based on the
  footprint received from the ECAD package

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Features

• Comprehensive filter support includes-
• Show only components on either the top or bottom
  of board
• Filter by Component height
• Filter by name (including wildcards)
• Filter holes by type or size
• Select which Board cut-outs to include
• Save filter settings for easy reuse

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CircuitWorks in SolidWorks 2005

• CircuitWorks Xpress is included with SolidWorks
  2005
• Produces a part from scratch each time, not an
  assembly
• Import only - no ability to save as IDF
• No tools, such as annotation, locate component or
  show changes
• No filtering of any type
• Mechanical holes only
• No Library
• The full version of CircuitWorks 7 can analyse
  and Export the Part files produced by
  CircuitWorks Xpress in SolidWorks 2005

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Test Drive CircuitWorks and see for yourself
CircuitWorks Xpress is included with SolidWorks
2005 just open an IDF file in SolidWorks. To
try the full version of CircuitWorks free for 15
days, download it from www.circuitworks.net For
further details contact your SolidWorks VAR or
email info_at_circuitworks.net