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Delving into Electro

Mechanical Integration for

NX UsersDave Walker

Unrestricted © Siemens AG 2018

2018-10-31 Siemens PLM Software

Agenda

• What is multidisciplinary design?

• Where is electronics needed?

• Solutions

• NX and Mentor Xpedition – the electronics solution

• NX and Mentor Capital – the electrical solution

• ELMA – extend the design domain



NX vision:

Deliver world-class

solutions that enable you to

enhance your product

ideation, development and

manufacturing processes

and outcomes.



NX: Breaking down the barriers to innovation

Electro-Mechanical Design

Most Productive Modeling Environment

Generative Design & Integrated Validation

Industrialized Additive Manufacturing

Collaborative Design Management

Immersive Design with VR

Flexible Product

Development

Platform



NX: Breaking down the barriers to innovation

Electro-Mechanical Design

Most Productive Modeling Environment

Generative Design & Integrated Validation

Industrialized Additive Manufacturing

Collaborative Design Management

Immersive Design

Flexible Product

Development

Platform



Future of innovation

Syste

m o

f S

yste

ms

Mechanical

Electrical

Software (embedded)

“80% of Product Innovation and

Differentiation now electrical,

Electronics, and Software…”Seigmar Hassis

(Daimler R&D CIO)



Industry sectors

Auto Aero

Medical

Consumer

Energy

E&S

Market trends in all industry sectors are showing an increased dependency on embedded

electronics demonstrating the need for better collaboration tools

Machinery

Marine

Process



System-level Electro-Mechanical integration - Ecosystem

Electrical (Capital)

• 3D harness integration

• Cross-probing

• One-click collaboration

Electronic (Xpedition)

• 3D library exchange

• True data representation

• Traces, pads

• Flexible circuits

• Thermal data

Electronic (Valor NPI)

• Manufacturing integration

Digital Twin

Mentor Capital

NX Routing

NX PCB Exchange

Mentor Xpedition

ELMA



ELECTRONIC

Manufacture

ELECTRICAL MCAD

Other

System-level Electro-Mechanical integration - Application

Documentation

ELMA

NX

• PCB Exchange

Valor NPI

Xpedition

• Panel design

• Designer

• Layout

NX

• Drafting

NX

• Flexible PCD

NX

• Electrical

Routing

Capital

• Functional & Logic

• Wiring & Harness

• Formboard

NX and Xpedition Integration

electronics design


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What is PCB Exchange?

ECAD/MCAD design interface inside NX.

Capabilities

• Direct connections to major ECAD packages

• Robust transmission with cross-checking and visualization

of results

• Efficient Design in Context

Customer value

• Collaborative workflows for a managed process

• Cross-checking of changes between MCAD and ECAD

reduces error and design time

• Vendor-specific transmission protocols enables more

robust data linkages with ECAD

NX: 3D View of ECAD Details

ECAD 2D View



How NX PCB Exchange fits into your workflow

Fast Forward

Your Electronics

Design Cycle

Detailed Packaging

NX Thermal for PCB Analysis

NX Electronic Systems Cooling

NX PCB Exchange to ECAD

Updated Mechanical

Design

Environmental Simulation

Preliminary Mechanical Layout

NX PCB Exchange from ECAD designer’s

Updated e-Design



IDX collaboration – NX - Xpedition

A workflow for incremental design

‘transactions’

The design can advance concurrently

IDX is a reliable basis for data exchange

Prostep iViP standard – an EDMD

schema

Ongoing enhancements

• Cover wider range

• Exceed generic IDX capability

NX ECAD

IDX

Inte

rface

Baseline IDX

Changes IDX

Response IDX

Changes IDX

Response IDX

3D CAD

Model2D Board

Layout

Pre

vie

w,

Accept/R

eje

ct

Pre

vie

w, A

ccept/R

eje

ct

PC

B

Ex

ch

an

ge

http://www.prostep.org/en/projects/ecadmcad-collaboration-implementor-forum/



NX PCB Exchange Mentor Xpedition collaboration

Modeling and Exchanging Rigid and Flexible

PCBs

Better Collaboration with IDX

Mentor 3D library Exchange with NX.



IDX Collaboration Extensions

Import electrical data: traces and pads. Import and display ECAD primary pin markers

Holes part of cell (PCB footprint) definition Import mask data (silkscreen, soldermask, coverlay)



Automatic board level thermal analysis

• Exchange of accurate PCB layer stack-up

• Support for different plating thickness on thermal vias• Thermal conductivity for Rigid-Flex

designs (multi-thickness)



M3DL Exchange with NX PCB Exchange

SearchexistingNX part

ConvertM3DL

models

Extrude bodies

If not:

If not:

• Automatic NX

part creation and

alignment from

Xpedition 3D

models (M3DL)

• Automatic

mapping from

component cell

to 3D model

package.

NX Component load options

• Contains ~5 million parts.

• 3D parts are assigned/aligned inside

Xpedition for 3D Layout Visualization

Mentor’s 3D library (M3DL)



Mechanical part exchange with Xpedition

• 3D native NX part files are automatically imported & aligned inside Xpedition as per NX.

• Xpedition for 3D Layout Visualization:

• 3D DRC on ECAD side

• Minimizes design iterations between ECAD/MCAD



As such, presentations help

define the company’s reputation

and provide both internal

and external orientation.

Demo



NX PCB Exchange and Mentor Xpedition

Demonstration

• Transfer of knowledge using

PCB Exchange

• 3D model re-use through

MCAD / ECAD collaboration



NX Demo



NX PCB Exchange and Mentor Xpedition

Demonstration Summary

What have been the benefits

• Full synchronization of

MCAD and ECAD designs

• Change history

• Proposals, Accept or

Reject

• Automated 3D model

sharing

NX and Capital

Integration

electrical design



NX and Capital

Driving Best-in-Class Integrations to New Levels

NX

Space Reservation

& Trade Study

Wiring

integrationHarness

integration

JT Viewer

integration

Capital

Tighter and Seamless Integration enabling ECAD-MCAD

co-design across the Capital flow

DEFINE DESIGN MAINTAINPRODUCE

Enable Process,

Assets & Integration

Explore & Optimize

Logical Architectures

Create & Verify

Physical Connectivity

Create Publications &

Enhance Diagnostics

Engineer, Cost &

Produce Harnesses

MANAGE







Demo



NX Electrical Routing and Mentor Capital

Demonstration

• Share data and cross

select between

applications

• Synchronise

components and

connections

• Build accurate wire

lengths

• Create formboard for

manufacture



Demo



NX Electrical Routing and Mentor Capital


What have been the

benefits

• Full synchronization of

MCAD and ECAD

designs

• Physical and Logical

data sharing

ELMA – electronics outside

the design domain



ELMA

What is it?

• A standalone lightweight visualization tool for Schematic, PCB layout

and 3D CAD with full cross-probing and mark-up

What’s the attraction?

• An ECAD agnostic application

• Validate ECAD and MCAD data synchronization

• Reduce errors before manufacture

• Access design data without the design tools

Electrical

Logical

Mechanical

Application



What problems are we trying to solve?

• Design verification between ECAD and MCAD are difficult, manual, and error prone

• Components are different, missing, etc. on one side or the other

• A component is rotated on a PCB so that the pins don’t match-up

ECADTranslation

MCAD



What problems are we trying to solve?

• Data synchronization between ECAD & MCAD is often an issue as ECAD and MCAD use two

sets of tools, with very different capabilities.

The pinout for a connector is incorrect on one side or the other

ECAD MCAD

Translation

Excel

Checklist



Where does the product fit?

Benefits

• Promotes design review collaboration through visualization & sharing of engineering information.

• Helps eliminate sync errors between ECAD & MCAD designs.

• Improves efficiency when comparing design iterations (ECAD or MCAD side)

Gather Design

Inputs

Review

inputs, Record

adequacy

Create

Outputs

Verification

Review

Control & approve

any design changes

Validation

review

Build Validation

product and test

ELMA for Design review & verification

Design process overview (ISO9001) NX PCB Exchange for ECAD-MCAD Collaboration



Market Position

• Complementary to PCB Exchange

• PCB Exchange enables collaboration during the iterative design stage.

• ELMA can help solve a collaboration dead-end by exposing electrical

information to the mechanical designer & vice-versa

NX ECADIDX

Inte

rface

Baseline IDX

Changes

IDX

Response

IDX3D CAD

Model

2D

Board

Layout

Pre

vie

w

Reje

ct

Response

Reje

ct

PC

B

Ex

ch

an

ge

ELMA



Features

ELMA

Navigate ECAD and MCAD

designs in a single

lightweight user interface

Allows comparison of both

schematic & layout with the

3D mechanical design

Integrate team members

less familiar with (or no

access to) authoring tools.

ECAD

Designer

MCAD Designer

NX

MfG

engineerTest

Engineer

Manager



ELMA

Xpedition

NX

JT

ODB++

EDIF 2.0 or 3.0

Features

Industry unique

connection to NX and

Xpedition:

• Bi-directional cross-

selection with ELMA

(components & nets).

• Perform advanced

visualization & analysis

of the PCB.

• Automatic JT

generation with NX

PCB Exchange

ECAD-Agnostic:

Easily import files

from all major ECAD

vendors with neutral

formats.

CAD neutral 3D data format



Capabilities

Viewing – Visualizing different views of the system (3D model, schematic, logical). Show / Hide

Signal Tracing - Trace a signal from one component to another in all three views

Cross Probing - Select a component or route in one version of the model and see it highlight in others

Validation – Compare Schematic, PCB layout and MCAD; perform low-level validation such as collision detection, pin1 location

Mark-up – Textual notes or flags on 3D model, schematic, functional diagram, or logical diagram.

Managed mode – Active Workspace Teamcenter integration to manage ELMA sessions

Automation – Journaling support

3D ModelBoard LayoutNet connectivity



ECAD MCAD design review with ELMA

Capabilities

• Navigate ECAD and MCAD designs in a single

lightweight user interface and add markups.

• Cross-select from the schematic, layout or 3D

model to all views simultaneously.

• Compare ECAD and MCAD design features to

identify mismatches and differences in attributes.

Customer Value

• Helps eliminate synchronicity errors between

ECAD & MCAD designs.

• Integrate team members less familiar with the

authoring tools in your process.

Circuit Diagram

3D Model

Board Layout



ECAD MCAD design review with ELMA and NX user

Customer Value

• Communicate design changes effortlessly to the MCAD designer.

Capabilities

• Bi-directional cross-selection between ELMA and NX.

• Compare ELMA model attributes with PCB Exchange attributes.



ECAD MCAD design review with ELMA and Xpedition user

Customer Value

• Communicate design changes effortlessly to the ECAD designer.

Capabilities

• Bi-directional cross-selection between ELMA and Xpedition.

• Compare ELMA model attributes with Xpedition attributes.







Demo



ELMA

Demonstration

• Product Overview

• Navigate ECAD and

MCAD designs in a

single application

• Cross selection

• Layer control

• Design Review

checklist

• Component and net

comparison

• Component Pin 1

orientation

• Connecting with NX

• Assembly Clearance

check



ELMA


What have been the

benefits

• Helps eliminate

synchronicity errors

between ECAD &

MCAD designs.

• Improves efficiency

when comparing

design iterations.

• Integrate team

members less familiar

with the authoring tools

in your process.



Summary

• Multidisciplinary design

• Electronics everywhere

• Solutions

• NX and Mentor Xpedition

• NX and Mentor Capital

• ELMA



Contact

Dave Walker

NX Product Manager

Product Management

Francis House 112 Hills Road

Cambridge CB2 1PH

United Kingdom

Phone: +44 1252 877 325

Mobile: +44 7808 821 897

E-mail: [email protected]

siemens.com

mailto:[email protected]

#IngenuityIsNX

Thank you.



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