Learning SOLIDWORKS PCB

Learn how to use the SOLIDWORKS PCB design package to generate PCB schematics and board layouts as well as how to integrate these electronics within mechanical CAD projects.

Introduction

• Welcome
• What you should know

1. Getting Started

• User interface
• Navigation tools
• System preferences

2. Schematic Design

• Starting a project
• Installing and using libraries
• Schematic templates
• Component placement
• Component properties and inserting ports
• Wiring the schematic
• Annotating schematics
• Compiling

3. SOLIDWORKS Collaboration

• Creating PCBs
• Editing PCBs
• Committing changes to PCBs

4. PCB Design

• Layer Stack Manager
• Grids and units
• Setting the origin
• Pushing footprints from schematic to PCB
• Placing footprints
• Design rule checks
• Routing
• Vias and auto-routing

5. Libraries

• Library overview
• Creating schematic symbols
• Creating PCB Footprints

6. Final Tools and Outputs

• PCB 2D and 3D views
• PCB panel
• Final outputs

Conclusion

• Next steps