The integration and application of MCAD and ECAD in the spatial design of electronic products

Abstract

ABSTRACTAs mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD) and electronic computer-aided design (ECAD) are used for electronic design and mechanical design, respectively, engineers need to transmit design information between the two through an intermediate data format (IDF). If there are several sub-restrictive areas in the restrictive areas when MCAD is adopted to plan the restrictive areas of electronic components, engineers must re-divide the areas to form a separate and closed loop. Only by doing so will they be able to obtain output IDF files. Nowadays, electronic design has become increasingly complicated, and so it takes a lot of time to finish such a design. Worse still, missing a step results in wrong information, which affects the cost and efficiency of product development. This study sets up an algorithm for restrictive areas synthesis and applies it to the pre-processing of output IDF files. This study also summarizes the bottlenecks of area synthesis and corresponding solutions. Aside from automatic synthesis, the algorithm enhances the integration of MCAD and ECAD, thus achieving fast modification of electronic and mechanical designs between the two and allowing for further examination. The methods herein can reduce the design time by over 65% and prevent errors.