CircuitWorks Options - Features

Set the names and colors of SOLIDWORKS models generated by CircuitWorks and the CircuitWorks preview image.

To display CircuitWorks Options - Features:

From the CircuitWorks Options dialog box, click Features .

To display the CircuitWorks Options dialog box, do one of the following:

  • From CircuitWorks, click the CircuitWorks application menu , then click Options .
  • From SOLIDWORKS, click Tools > CircuitWorks > CircuitWorks Options.

Feature List

CircuitWorks Options

To change the color or transparency of a particular feature, select it in the list and then change Preview Image or CAD Model options.

Preview image

Preview image color

The color of the selected feature in the CircuitWorks preview image. To change the color, click the color box, select a color from the Color dialog box, then click OK.
Preview image transparency

The transparency of the selected feature in the CircuitWorks preview image. To change the transparency, click or or drag the slider .

CAD model

Model color

The color of the selected feature in a SOLIDWORKS model. To change the color, click the color box, select a color from the Color dialog box, then click OK.
Model transparency

The transparency of the selected feature in a SOLIDWORKS model. To change the transparency, click or or drag the slider .
CAD feature name

The name of the selected feature as it appears in the SOLIDWORKS FeatureManager tree. In addition to making the assembly easier to understand, CircuitWorks uses this name when saving an assembly as an IDF file.

CircuitWorks uses extrude and sketch feature names to determine what a features represents (which extrusion is the PCB, which extrusions are keep-outs, which are components, and so on). Name matching is case insensitive (for example, Component_Outline matches COMPONENT_OUTLINE). See SOLIDWORKS Feature Mappings for more information.

CircuitWorks treats panels as boards.

When exporting an assembly that CircuitWorks originally created, the features are named correctly for export. However, when exporting an assembly that was modeled directly in SOLIDWORKS, the features are renamed using the names specified here to ensure that the assembly exports correctly. See Export Rules for details.

Color electrical components using

Color electrical components using
When CircuitWorks builds a component model, assign colors from the feature color list based on:
  • The first character of the component's name
  • The first character of the component's part number