ProStep EDMD Files

Contents

• ProStep EDMD Workflows
  

• Enabling ProStep EDMD Syncing
  

  You must enable ProStep EDMD file syncing to work with ProStep EDMD data in the CircuitWorks application.

• Specifying the Shared ProStep EDMD Data Folder
  

  You must specify a shared folder to share ProStep EDMD data with an ECAD designer.

• Converting ECAD Files to ProStep EDMD
  

  You can convert any type of supported ECAD file to a ProStep EDMD Baseline file.

• Sending ProStep EDMD Updates Manually
  

  If you have cleared the Sync with ECAD automatically on build CircuitWorks option, you can manually send change decisions to your ECAD designer.

• Sending New ProStep EDMD Data to ECAD Designers
  

  With ProStep EDMD enabled, you can send new ProStep EDMD data to ECAD designers after exporting a SOLIDWORKS model to CircuitWorks, or after saving ECAD data to ProStep EDMD .

• Syncing Selected ProStep EDMD Changes
  

  When syncing ProStep EDMD changes with your ECAD design system, you can select the changes to export. You can export sets of changes as an .idz file.

• Importing ProStep EDMD Files
  

  You can import ProStep EDMD files into CircuitWorks.

• Reviewing and Sending ProStep EDMD Model Changes
  

  After an ECAD designer proposes changes to a shared ProStep EDMD file, you can accept or reject the changes in CircuitWorks before building the model with the SOLIDWORKS software. You can then propose your own model changes, and send these proposed changes to the ECAD designer, along with your decisions about the changes proposed by the ECAD designer.

• EDMD Tab
  

  From the EDMD tab of the CircuitWorks application, you can send ProStep EDMD file change decisions and review correspondence.

• CircuitWorks Changes Tree - Symbols and Labels
  

  When you open ProStep EDMD files that contain proposed changes, the changes appear in the Changes tree located below the standard CircuitWorks tree view.

• EDMD Report Dialog Box
  

  Use the EDMD Report dialog box to view the history of changes to an EDMD board.

• Exporting ProStep EDMD Changes as IDZ Files