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Today’s marketplace for electronic products–from communication devices to industrial controls–demands sophisticated funtionality, innovation, reliability, and value within compact mechanical design footprints.

SolidWorks® software provides the full range of integrated modeling, simulation, visualization, and communication tools–including PCB packaging, housing design, thermal analysis, and ECAD integration capabilities–that electronic products manufacturers need to design better products, faster–and at lower cost.

Create precise materials and component specifications

By logging in to 3DContentCentral.com, you can access a vendor’s latest parts, including functionality and performance specification data. You’ll also find component costs for use in your estimates. SolidWorks also offers an extensive material properties list built into the application for quick access.

  Design appealing, functional product packaging

Electronic Products designers can leverage SolidWorks multi-bodies and configuration capabilities to quickly create product concepts that incorporate defined housings, PCB layouts, and components. SolidWorks also offers:

• SolidWorks Toolbox, an extensive, shared library of connectors, switches, large components, and more.
• Dynamic assembly with interference detection, for quick component placement.
• Specialized routed system design tools for developing electric cabling systems, and then integrating them with mechanical designs.

Design and prototype PCBs

The success of your electronic products depends on successful PCB design and effective integration of PCBs with your mechanical designs. SolidWorks Premium delivers bi-directional interoperability between electrical and mechanical design teams using the IDF date interchange format. The end result is precise component layout and positioning. SolidWorks also offers:

Accurate SolidWorks 3D assembly of the circuit board, drilled holes, components and keep-outs.SolidWorks Flow Simulation, to perform virtual prototyping of thermal analysis. Rapid prototyping of packaging and PCB designs throughout the design process.

Accurately manufacture your products

When your electronic products are ready for production and release, SolidWorks creates a final 3D database and automatically generates 2D drawings for components, harnesses, and entire assemblies. SolidWorks also offers:

• A large selection of 3D MCAD translators to aid in interoperability with ECAD and to mitigate changes with vendors.