SOLIDWORKS PCB Documentation
SOLIDWORKS PCB delivers a powerful design solution that unites the electrical (ECAD) and mechanical (MCAD) worlds by facilitating streamlined collaboration between the two. Engineered specifically for collaboration with SolidWorks®, an electrical designer can export changes to the board design that are needed (and of value) by the mechanical designer. Conversely, the mechanical designer can float change proposals back to the electrical designer, who can then import those changes back into their design. Ultimately, this level of collaboration and integration brings harmony to the overall design process — a process that while traversing these two distinct parallel paths, ultimately delivers a single product to market.
And from the PCB design perspective, SOLIDWORKS PCB meets all of your expectations. With a streamlined interface built atop a powerful PCB Design engine, it provides the tools necessary to capture and layout your boards, and produce the manufacturing data with which to turn your ideas into physical reality. And all from within a single, powerful-yet-intuitive, unified design environment.
Getting Started
Design Components
SOLIDWORKS PCB offers a variety of component management methodologies to meet your preferred approach to working with the components used in your designs:
- Standard Component Libraries — Schematic Symbol ( *.SchLib ) and PCB 2D/3D Component Model ( *.PcbLib ) libraries.
- Integrated Components — in this model the higher level component is modeled within the schematic symbol in a Schematic library file (*.SchLib). Other models are linked from the symbol, and component parameters are added to the symbol. All source libraries – symbol and linked models – are defined within a Library Package project (*.LibPkg), which is subsequently compiled into a single file; an Integrated Library (*.IntLib). The advantage of compiling into an integrated library is that all component information is available in a single portable, and secure file.
Libraries (SchLib, PcbLib, IntLib) can be made available to all board design projects in SOLIDWORKS PCB, by adding them to the Installed Libraries list through the Available Libraries dialog. Access this dialog directly from the Libraries panel by clicking the Libraries button. Alternatively, management of installed libraries can be performed from the Data Management — Installed Libraries page of the Preferences dialog.
Resource Reference
SOLIDWORKS PCB’s unified design environment consists of various Servers plugged into a core platform. Together with the core platform itself, these servers provide the resources of the software – its features and functionality. These are delivered in the form of commands, dialogs, panels, and the like. These resources are documented and collated by server. Use the following methods to locate information on a particular resource:
- Within the software, hover over a Ribbon button, menu command, dialog, panel, or design object, and press F1.
- Within the documentation, either:
- Use the pop-up navigation tree to the left of this text (accessed by clicking the button at the top-left of a page) to browse for the resource required across the various servers (under the Resource Reference section of the tree).
- Use the Search field at the top-right.
The following sections highlight, and provide quick navigation to, some key areas within the resources documentation.
Design Environment
Schematic Capture
PCB Design
Text Editing
PCB Design Rules Reference
SOLIDWORKS PCB’s PCB Editor uses the concept of Design Rules to define the requirements of a design. These rules collectively form an ‘instruction set’ for the PCB Editor to follow. They cover every aspect of the design – from routing widths, clearances, plane connection styles, routing via styles, and so on, and many of the rules can be monitored in real-time by the online Design Rule Checker (DRC).
Design rules target specific objects and are applied in a hierarchical fashion. Multiple rules of the same type can be set up. It may arise that a design object is covered by more than one rule with the same scope. In this instance, a contention exists. All contentions are resolved by a priority setting. The system goes through the rules from highest to lowest priority and picks the first one whose scope(s) match the object(s) being checked.
With a well-defined set of design rules, you can successfully complete board designs with varying and often stringent design requirements. And as the PCB Editor is rules-driven, taking the time to set up the rules at the outset of the design will enable you to effectively get on with the job of designing, safe in the knowledge that the rules system is working hard to ensure that success.
The following categories of design rules are available:
Project Compiler Violations Reference
The process of compiling is integral to producing a valid netlist for a project. In fact it is the process of compilation that yields the unified data model of a design – the single model of the data that is accessible across the design domains in SOLIDWORKS PCB’s unified design environment. Connectivity awareness in your schematic diagram can be verified during compilation according to rules defined as part of the options for the design project – on the Error Reporting and Connection Matrix tabs respectively.
This area of the SOLIDWORKS PCB documentation provides a comprehensive reference describing each of the possible electrical and drafting violations that can exist in source documents when compiling a project. The various categories of violation are:
Compiler violations are reported in the Messages panel.
Query Language Reference
Underlying SOLIDWORKS PCB’s PCB Editor, and facilitating customized scoping of design rules, is a powerful query engine. By entering queries into this engine you can logically scope precisely those objects you require. A query is a string you enter using specific keywords and syntax, which will return the targeted objects.
As you build your knowledge of the Query Language, and the functions, keywords and syntax available, you will be able to type expressions directly. However, until that level of confidence is built, the Query Helper can be a beneficial crutch on which to lean! Providing an editing window in which to ‘build’ an expression, the Query Helper contains a full listing of query functions/keywords and related controls, as well as a handy syntax checker.
The vastness of the Query Language may seem a little daunting to begin with, but over time you will learn to appreciate its power – building a set of favorite query expressions with which to target common sets of objects (and committing them to muscle memory!). And to quickly get up to speed, information is available for each of the query functions. Simply highlight (or click inside) any given keyword – in the Query Helper, or the Full Query field of a PCB design rule – and press F1 to access its information within the documentation. For convenience, quicklinks to types of functions are listed below:
Installing SOLIDWORKS PCB with PCB Services
The SOLIDWORKS PCB design tool, powered by Altium, combines the power and usability of Altium with the 3D expertise of SOLIDWORKS. And, PCB Services is the key to the collaborative features in SOLIDWORKS PCB, SOLIDWORKS PCB Add-In, and the PCB Connector for Altium.
The following should help you with install of the central element.
SOLIDWORKS PCB is a printed circuit board (PCB) design tool that is integrated with the SOLIDWORKS 3D design software. It is installed by the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager as part of the individual installation.
An electrical engineer using SOLIDWORKS PCB can make changes to a printed circuit board and push those changes to a shared repository. A mechanical engineer using the SOLIDWORKS software can pull the changed circuit board from the repository, analyze the modifications, make additional changes, and push the design back to the repository. From the repository it can then be accessed again by the electrical engineer.
To enable this collaboration, you must install SOLIDWORKS PCB Services. It manages the repository on a shared server. PCB Services is installed by SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager as part of a Server installation and does not require a separate license. It utilizes Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and a database that stores data used to synchronize the work of the electrical and mechanical designers.
Installation – Network Environments
In network environments, you would typically install SOLIDWORKS PCB Services on a shared server that is not running the SOLIDWORKS software. You can also install it with other SOLIDWORKS PCB components on a single machine. SOLIDWORKS PCB Services must be running at all times. It must also have uninterrupted, bidirectional communication through firewalls and virus scanners with clients running SOLIDWORKS PCB and the SOLIDWORKS software. And, also with any clients running Altium Designer that are going to be integrated with the SOLIDWORKS software.
You should install SOLIDWORKS PCB Services before installing SOLIDWORKS PCB.
SOLIDWORKS PCB Add-In
In addition, another component called SOLIDWORKS PCB Add-In must be installed on machines running the SOLIDWORKS CAD software. It is installed by default in SOLIDWORKS 2017 and later, SOLIDWORKS 2016 Service Packs 3-5, and can be separately installed for SOLIDWORKS 2016 Service Packs 0-2, and SOLIDWORKS 2015 Service Pack 5.
Electrical engineers who have licensed Altium Designer can also exchange designs with SOLIDWORKS 3D design software users through the repository. To do this exchange, users need to install the SOLIDWORKS PCB Connector. This software is installed from the Altium Designer client.
Installation
For those installing SOLIDWORKS PCB and SOLIDWORKS PCB Services for the first time, you will find them in the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager. Install the PCB Services first.
Prerequisites for Installing PCB Services
As stated earlier, PCB Services utilizes Microsoft IIS. However most Windows installations do not have enough, or any, of the required elements enabled by default.
From the Windows Control Panel, open Programs & Features, select Turn Windows features on or off.
In the Windows Features dialog box, select and then expand the “Internet Information Services” feature.
- Expand the “World Wide Web Services” feature.
- Expand the “Application Development Features” item.
- Enable the “.NET Extensibility” and “ASP .NET” features. If you see more than one version of .NET, select the newest, matching options.
Click on “OK” and restart the computer.
The IIS should now be running on the machine where you want to install the PCB services
You can install PCB Services from the SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager.
To install SOLIDWORKS PCB Services, start the Installation Manager select ‘Server Products’. Then, select ‘Install SOLIDWORKS PCB Services on this computer.’ and click next.
From the Summary screen you will have the opportunity to change the following:
- Installation location
- Database folder
- Revisions file folder
- Port number
The Installation location is where the program is installed. The Database and Revisions folders are where the data resides.
The SOLIDWORKS and the PCB program communicate through the port number. Firewall and Anti-Virus exceptions may be required to allow proper communications.
Accessing the PCB Services Console
Once the installation completes you should be able to access the PCB Services interface through a web browser. Typically this would be <server name>:<port number>. On the machine where you install the services it would be “localhost:9780”. That is assuming you used the default port number. From another computer on the network you would use the server name in place of the localhost.
On first run you will need to use the default admin login.
- Username: admin
- Password: admin
From this interface you can now create user logins, repositories, and manage project folders directly.
Once you have verified that the PCB Services are up and running, the SOLIDWORKS PCB software, SOLIDWORKS PCB Add-In, and the PCB Connector should be able to connect once installed.
We hope you find this information useful in your installation of the SOLIDWORKS PCB Services.
Создание 3D модели печатной платы в SolidWorks — Видео
В данном видео мы шаг за шагом создадим 3D модель печатной платы в САПР Solid Works.
00:03:46 — создание модели платы
00:10:46 — создание модели резистора
00:26:40 — создание модели конденсатора
00:33:50 — создание модели светодиода
00:41:17 — создание модели микросхемы
00:57:12 — сборка моделей
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0Советы и трюки SOLIDWORKS
Авторизованный реселлер решений SOLIDWORKS, компания CSoft, подготовила целый пул ответов на часто задаваемые вопросы по продуктам SOLIDWORKS.
Их ответы на некоторые наиболее актуальные вопросы мы собрали в данной заметке, а также в серии коротких видео на канале CSoft в YouTube: Школа SOLIDWORKS. Подписывайтесь!
Минимум воды, максимум пользы. Итак, начинаем наш краткий ликбез.
1. Как установить существующую библиотеку материалов
Файлы с расширением .sldmat содержат сведения о механических и физических свойствах материалов. Если вы скачали библиотеку с сайта i-tools.info, следующие 5 шагов помогут вам ее установить. Для добавления библиотеки необходимо открыть любую деталь в SOLIDWORKS:
В дереве конструирования FeatureManager нажимаем правой кнопкой мыши на Материал.
Выбираем пункт Редактировать материал.
В левом поле открывшегося окна кликаем в любом месте правой кнопкой мыши и выбираем Открыть библиотеку.
Выбираем директорию, в которой находится файл .sldmat, либо копируем его в папку с пользовательскими материалами SOLIDWORKS. Уточнить папку, выбранную по умолчанию, можно в разделе Настройки пользователя → Месторасположение файлов → Отобразить папки для Базы данных материалов.
Выбираем файл с расширением .sldmat и нажимаем кнопку Открыть.
Библиотека установлена! Если она не отображается в окне, необходимо закрыть и вновь открыть окно редактирования материала.
2. Можно ли работать на любом компьютере с установленным SOLIDWORKS, используя лишь свою лицензию?
ДА! Это называется онлайн-лицензирование SOLIDWORKS Online Licensing. Вам потребуются лишь компьютер с доступом в интернет и SOLIDWORKS выше версии 2018 года.
Данная функция важна пользователям, которые сталкиваются с ошибками активации лицензий SOLIDWORKS или которым необходимо использовать одну лицензию SOLIDWORKS на нескольких компьютерах.
Можно сказать, это лицензия SOLIDWORKS, которая находится «в облаке».
3. В чем отличие SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard и пакета Simulation Standard, входящего в SOLIDWORKS CAD Premium?
a) В SOLIDWORKS CAD Premium нельзя строить диаграмму усталости, усталостные напряжения и получать количество циклов до разрушений.
b) В SOLIDWORKS Simulation Standard доступен анализ тенденций, то есть построение зависимостей в результатах различных повторов статического исследования. Например, меняя нагрузку, можно отслеживать напряжение, перемещение и т.д.
4. Как показать основные плоскости компонентов в сборке?
Для этого нужно включить Просмотр плоскостей:
А затем – выбрать значок Скрыть / Показать основные плоскости:
5. Как выбирать спрятанные грани, не применяя функцию Скрыть деталь?
Например, вам нужно выбрать грань для создания сопряжений. Самый простой способ – навести курсор мыши на спрятанную грань и нажать клавишу Alt (деталь, которая закрывает нужную вам грань, станет прозрачной), а если деталь спрятана глубже, нажмите Alt еще раз.
6. Как посмотреть на деталь из сборки, не открывая деталь отдельно?
Нажимаем правой кнопкой мыши на интересующую нас деталь и выбираем функцию Окно предварительного просмотра компонента.
Открывается отдельное окно с выбранной деталью, в котором можно выбирать грани для сопряжения с другими деталями из сборки. Кроме того, с помощью функции Синхронизировать ориентацию вида обоих графических окон мы можем вращать сборку и деталь синхронизировано, что поможет при выборе сопряжений.
Хотите узнать больше? Подписывайтесь на наш YouTube-канал и изучайте SOLIDWORKS самостоятельно. Нужно обучение с профессионалами? Переходите по ссылке и выбирайте курс.