ECAD Import Module
New Functionality in Version 6.4
Import of IPC-2581 and ODB++ Files
A new Preview button is available in the toolbar of the Settings window for the Import node. It can be used to display a 2D preview of the copper and drill layers in the PCB file. The layers are displayed in the Graphics window, and the layers and nets are also listed in a separate Preview window. The preview functionality can be used to select layers and nets to import.
A new Nets to Import section in the settings of the Import node contains the list of nets available in the selected PCB file. From this list, you can select the nets to import from the file. Doing so can reduce the time it takes to generate the PCB geometry when you know in advance that only a few of the nets are needed for modeling.
A new Pads section in the settings of the Import node can be used to set up the creation of pad domains or faces. Pads can be created for selected components and pins. Attributes are automatically attached to the created geometric entities for pads and make it easy to set up physics definitions when leveraging Logical Expression Selection features.
In the Selection of Resulting Entities section of the settings of the Import node, the new Net selections per layer checkbox controls the generation of selections that form the intersection of layer and net selections.
The Reload Layers button has been moved from under the Layers table to next to the Import button in the Source section, and it has been renamed Refresh Data from File since it now loads both layer and net information from the file.