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PE-TRONIC for Pro/ENGINEER ®
In co-operation with renowned producers of circuit boards and layout system manufacturers, Software
Factory created a product for the development of circuitboards with Pro/ENGINEER. PE-TRONIC is
equipped with interfaces for different circuit board layout systems. The development of PE-TRONIC
is based on the Pro/DEVELOP programing interface. The application features the following functions:
Design of the Circuit Board / Design Elements
The circuit board specific design elements available through PE-TRONIC can either be placed by
mouse-click or by numeric input of coordinates. The following elements are available:
- drill hole with contact surface
- drill hole without contact surface
- position hole
- photo marks (on component or solder side of the PCB)
The aforementioned elements can be distinguished visually. This way the designer can distinguish
between different types of drilled holes or photo-marks at any time. Further available elements:
- ECAD-components for placement on component or solder side of the PCB
The ECAD-components can be imported from libraries and may be placed on the PCB with minimal
interaction.
- coordinate systems on component or solder side of the PCB
The coordinate systems are representatives for design elements and components. They also carry
information about the type identification number, library-identifier and location for use in the
layout system.
Surfaces serve as representatives of circuit board specific areas. They can be either chosen and
placed from a set of pre-defined design elements or be newly created.
Design of the Circuit Board / Assignment of attributes
With PE-TRONIC circuit board specific attributes can be assigned to the aforementioned design
elements. These attributes can be changed or deleted at any time. For the description of circuit
board specific areas surfaces can be supplied with the following elements:
- "keep-in" surfaces
- "keep-out" surfaces
- graphic surfaces
- other surfaces.
These can be placed on:
- the component side
- the soldered side
- on both sides
- the inner layers
- all layer
Furthermore the "keep-in" and "keep-out" surfaces can be supplied with with combinations of the
following attributes:
- DRILL
- ALL
- VIA
- TRACE
- COMPONENT
- ATE
For other surfaces we supply:
After assigning attributes to the surfaces they can be visualized on the circiut board by labels.
This allows the designer to review his design status as well as the already used attributes.
Furthermore, if 'inside positions', 'all positions' or 'both sides' is selected, the surface for
visualization is automatically mirrored to the opposite side. With the combination
keepout-component an interactive query of the Z-offset as well as the height restriction is carried
out to describe the barred building volume. After entering these values a 3D-display of the barred
building volume will be visualized.
All functions are linked with an automatic Pro/E-layer assignment, so that specific elements or
attributes can be switched on or off for matters of visualization or the creation of production
instructions. Control and information functions allow the examination and visualization of design
elements and their attributes.
Geometric Analysis of the Circuit Board with PE-TRONIC
During geometric analysis the position and form of the circuit board, the design elements and the
components placed on it are examined. The analysis considers:
- all above mentioned design elements, fitted in by PE-TRONIC
- any design elements with aforementioned attributes
- the outline contour
- surfaces and their attributes
Additional Functions of PE-TRONIC
PE-TRONIC supports the development of circuit board panels. The program automatically recognizes
whether a single circuit board or a circuit board panel is processed. The menu sequence of the
program is adjusted in accordance. In panel mode additional design elements as well as own
libraries are available (e.g. for the placement of circuit boards or elements for bad circuit board
identification). Different configuration files enable the user to adapt PE-TRONIC to his personal
requirements.
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