Josh Moore – Director Product Management

Cadence OrCAD Solutions

OrCAD Panel EditorIntelligent Panel Design and Documentation

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• Assembly (“array”) panel design tool that intelligently automates the panel definition and documentation process

• Panel design and manufacturing drawing creation in a fraction of time versus traditional manual methods

• Intelligent panel design supporting ECO changes through synchronization links with OrCAD PCB Editor database

What is OrCAD Panel Editor?

Intelligent, automated panel design

without CAD tool limitations

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• Panels allow for volume production process optimization– Multiple PCBs assembled together at same time

• PCB CAD tools very good at “one-up” PCB design but lack robust panel design and documentation capability – Varied complexities and details that are required for panels

• Panel features include pinning holes, milling, score lines, fiducials, andbreakaway tabs

• Panel-level design data required for fabrication and manufacturing

Addressing Panel Design Challenges

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• Automatic array creation to (step and repeat) of PCBs either spreadsheet mode or auto-calculate mode

• Top, bottom, drill pattern, or custom panel arrays as well as drill charts, note blocks, mill and V-score details

• Panel-level Drill and Coordinate charts are reflective of all the PCBs contained in a panel

• NC milling can automatically applied to all the PCBs within the panel as well as merged route information for one unified NC milling path

• Panel detail wizards use the existing PCB and NC milling data to automatically depict Mill tab and V-score details

Key Features

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Designed for Panel DefinitionNotes, details,

and callouts

Drill symbols,

patterns, and

charts

Tooling holes,

fiducials, etc.

Panel array

Mill tabs

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• Startup templates– Define company / corporate standards

• Automatic notification / update – Notification of changed design for automatic panel / documentation

update

Minimize Startup and Rework

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Customize Panel Designer

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• Organized the way designers work– User interface organized by drawing

types

• Tool pallets contain panel-specific elated drawing elements– Menus and tool pallets are presented

in a way that reflects document being created

• Specific panel tools automate common panel definition and documentation tasks

Optimized for the PCB Designer

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Gerber Files

IPC-2581 Files

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