Greetings from smoggy So. Calif
(choke,gag - The "Inland Empire's" welcome sign should read: "It's not where you go, it's where you wind up!"),
One of my clients is developing a complicated unit that has several (about 20) stepper motors, 16 optical position sensors, 2 main PC boards and lots of little PCB's and "doodads" through out the unit. (unfortunately more detail can not be given out here and even this is proprietary to LifePoint Inc. so please keep it under the hat).
Here's the problem:
Our mechanical designers use SolidWorks 2000 and want to get PCB layout data into their models and manipulate it in a fashion that exceeds the capabilities of dxf/dwg data transfers
The SolidWorks Rep's say that this can be done very easily - bring in to "CircuitWorks", move PCB features to match the SolidWorks model and then export an updated layout back to Protel (that is truly intact and fully compatible with the 99SE database).They just cant say how it's done, other than to say it's just a "simple" EDIF data exchange. (simple = pay the money and throw it over the wall to the PCB guys?)
They also have a package called EmbassyWorks, that takes the same PCB data, netlist and peripheral device info from an assembly and extrudes cable assemblies that comply to the PCB connectors and will have complete netlist connectivity for electrical testing of a whole assembled unit.
Maybe I looked in the wrong help files,but I could not find any helpful stuff there, so...
Here's the question:
Does anyone have any experience importing & exporting Protel 99SE PCB layouts into this 3rd party plugin to SolidWorks called "CircuitWorks" using EDIF format data? And, if so, are there any pointers you can give to make this a workable method?
Thanks in advance for any help that can be offered!!
Best Regards,
Evan Scarborough
PCB Designer, LifePoint Inc.
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