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Pcad data to populate Solid Model

I remember at the first What's New presentation they showed us how we could populate a PCB with the components by using Pcad files/data.

But now I can't see to locate this feature/option. Anybody know where to find this or how to do it?

As I recall having tried it after the presentation it didn't work but it was only a Beta version then.

Thanks

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Navy Diver
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You need to export the PCB layout to IDF format. These have several extensions depending on what board layout package they came from,

*.EMN;*.BRD;*.BDF;*.IDB.

Also the component libraries have to contain a "Z" (thickness) value. It may be that Pcad does this by default, don't know. With Protel, we had to edit the libraries and add the value.

SW will read these IDF files and constuct a 3D PCB automatically.

Regards

Mark

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MM

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