CircuitWorks

Contents

• Building SOLIDWORKS Models from ECAD Files in Batch Mode
  

  You can schedule a task in SOLIDWORKS Task Scheduler to build multiple ECAD files as SOLIDWORKS solid models.

• Component Library Improvements
  

  To make it easier to find components, you can add properties to selected components and use those properties to add columns to the CircuitWorks Component Library dialog box. Each added column includes a filter that you can use to limit the components that appear in the dialog box.

• Creating Copper Traces as Decals
  

  To increase performance, when you use Build Model to create PCB models from PADS or EDMD files, CircuitWorks can represent the copper traces as images instead of physical geometry in the board file.

• Filtering Components When Opening ECAD Files
  

  You can create filters to suppress components or annotations and have the software apply the filters when you load ECAD boards.

• Locating CircuitWorks Components
  

  You can locate CircuitWorks components using the search fields at the top of the CircuitWorks feature tree and in the CircuitWorks Component Library dialog box. You can also search using the Find in Tree and Find in Component Library dialog boxes.

• Saving and Loading CircuitWorks Options
  

  To transfer your CircuitWorks options to another computer or to share them with another user, you can save them to an .xml file.

• Specifying Component Heights
  

  You can provide the height for each component instance when you design a circuit board.