Across industries, modern products are becoming increasingly “smart” and connected, designed to improve productivity and simplify daily life. However, the design of such products is far from simple. Most of today's products are no longer simple mechanical devices and contain within them electronic control systems with at least one printed circuit board (PCB).

Solid Edge is the Siemens Digital Industries solution that simplifies electromechanical design and fosters collaboration across your company’s various engineering domains.

What are the benefits of collaboration in PCB projects?

• Designing electromechanical products: it is possible to synchronize data and promote interdisciplinary collaboration. This way the project is correctly aligned for production, thus avoiding last minute changes that involve additional time and costs.
• Using a digital model in a 3D layout environment: platforms that enable an integrated product development solution use 3D models, called “Digital Twins,” or the digital representation of a product. Data and intelligence are added to the digital twin throughout the product lifecycle, enabling both the development process and the product itself to be optimized
• Satisfy mechanical requirements as early as possible: Being able to visualize and understand information helps design better layouts from the start, both electronically and mechanically. It allows immediate discovery of any incompatibility issues and, advances the validation phase of production
• Optimize PCB design via 3D layout: Solid Edge PCB Collaboration software is an ECAD-MCAD collaboration tool that allows barriers between environments to be removed. Design aspects are transferred incrementally between engineers until electromechanical interference is checked and all changes are made.

In this eBook we will provide guidance on how to maximize the benefits of ECAD-MCAD collaboration in PCB designs using Solid Edge.