Electronic Computer Software (ECAD) is used to create and modify diagrams and layouts, including 2D and 3D, to design, evaluate, and document electronic circuit boards (PCBs).

ECAD software can produce a variety of products delivered, and this can be managed through Product Data Management Software (PDM).

ECAD PCB software designs often interfere with computer-aided design software (MCAD) software to create 3D model PCBs.

Also, there are numerous technological conditions that exchange data with ECAD software.

• Electronic Computer Assisted Engineering (ECAE)

Software can use the geometry created with ECAD software to create analytical models to simulate PCB performance in various spatial areas.

• Electrical Computer Aided Manufacturing (ECAM)

Uses a production export of ECAD software to automatically create layer-tool boards.

In some cases, ECAD software and some of these tools are combined in one application or service. In other cases, ECAD software is offered as part of an integrated package with some of these applications or services.

The ECAD software offers a combination of the following options:

• Diagnostic functions allow the technician to define which electronic components are used and which signals are used for the connection. Engineers choose components from a centrally controlled standardized library.

• Layout options allow you to create a PCB pattern and scale components within their limits. These functions can be used in a 2D or 3D model. The list of components used in the diagram is transferred to the layout where practically the list of channels is almost complete.

• Trace routing capability monitoring allows engineers to define the path followed by a track on a particular layer of circuit boards between electronic components. It can be done in 2D or 3D, switching between layers of printed circuit boards. The signals from the diagrams, which consist of information between the components, are transferred to the layout, which defines where each component is located on the board.

• There is an automation feature that automatically forwards component traces to components based on the connection information. This can be done first and then adjusted.

• 3D mounting options provide the ability to create a 3D model of a circuit board. These models are often used to verify interference within the fence and to verify the management of the heat distribution of electronic components in the PCB.

• Collaborative skills provide tools for collecting and coordinating feedback among individuals in a team developing a focused system.

• Display options allow the visualization of the focused system design. This is important for non-technical functions that lack the skills or knowledge to directly use RSD software.

• Markup features allow people to capture their comments in the context of a focused system project.

• The design features of multiple cards provide the ability to plan and schedule multiple PCBs that work together as a single system.

Simultaneous design techniques allow multiple team members to work simultaneously on the same PCB or multi-board PCB design.

• Verification feature rule or limit automatically compare circuit board design with industry or business rules and indicates violations or problems that may affect circuit board performance or manufacturing.

• Exporting to produce ECAM products that can be used to create circuit board layers.

• Bill of Material (BOM) automatically generates a list of electrical components for PCBs.

THE 3D ADVANTAGE

There is a global design statement that the cost of troubleshooting is ten times each step of the way. As a result, the cost of debugging during prototyping is 10 times higher than during fixation during design, and then 10 times as much to correct for this error during production, and 10 times as much to post product, Of course, these are approximate approximations, but a cost increase of about 1000 times to correct the mistake, if the product is in the user's hand, compared with its fixation during the design - is a strong motivator to this goal during to achieve the design.

One of the most difficult areas for good adhesion is the insertion of inserts into the product carton. Today's products are not large rectangular boxes with a lot of white space - they have unusual shapes, often they are compact, the inner parts are hermetically packed and may contain several attached printed circuit boards. And the board must sit properly in the housing so that the mounting holes, screens, and other devices match precisely with the openings and mounting points.

Why is that so difficult? - Because the design board in the ECAD - MCAD Division has to be moved back and forth.

Traditionally, the ECAD type has designed a panel in a 2D design environment, determining the size of the board and positioning key elements in the dimension provided by the MCAD designer. On the other side of the MCAD fence, the panel is modeled, and the critical components are set based on the size of the ECAD designer - and keep your fingers crossed - both will do it right and the panel will not stop!

To avoid mistakes and to be afraid of the cost multiplier, the usual approach has been to make the panel complex fit into your fence. The board taunts by printing the multi-layered part and block and applying pressure to a thin cardboard box. Then critical components were added, including everything that should be designed or addressed, such as doors and screens. The housing is modeled using cardboard or foam, and the plate is embedded therein. For many product designs, this is often impractical, for example, it becomes difficult in an unusual way.

As with all drawing areas, plates are in the housing - adjust the position of the mounting holes, mimic this position of the components, and then change the opening display when a supplier displays the selected screen as the end of life.

The best solution is to remove this barrier and connect the design domains of ECAD PCB and MCAD. A connection that makes it easy to move the slide-in plate back and forth between the ECAD and MCAD spaces

You need 3-dimensional ECAD and MCAD design environments. You'll also need the framework and its components to get a 3D definition that can be understood in both design domains to support changes to keyboard formats, component locations, and box openings.