Lloyd,
I am interested in which package you are refering to. Could you post the
info the the group?
Regards
Bruce Marler
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [PEDA] import/export PCB layouts to Solidworks
> Evan,
>
> I have a Protel plug-in that exports PCB files directly into Solidworks
and
> back again. It works fantastic. Quite literally, with the click of one
> button, the PCB launches Solidworks and creates a solid model of the PCB
and
> any/all the components on the board. If you select individual components,
> only they show up on the board, else all the components. Even if there is
no
> matching solid component in the Solidworks library it will create a solid
> based on the footprint outline and a height that you can specify. We are
> using it to create whole assemblies and build the metal/plastics after the
> PCBs are finished and aligned in the 3D world. Email me off-line if you
want
> more info on the plug in. Its relatively cheap.
> Regards,
>
>
> Lloyd Good
> Engineering Systems Co-ordinator
> GE Harris Energy Control Systems Canada Inc.
> 2728 Hopewell Place NE
> Calgary, AB, Canada T1Y 7J7
> * +1 (403) 214-4777
> * +1 (403) 287-7946
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Evan Scarborough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 1:22 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PEDA] import/export PCB layouts to Solidworks
>
>
> 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.
> www.e-cadds.com <http://www.e-cadds.com>
>
>
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