PCB News - 3D civilians PCB design is no longer far away

The first question at the beginning of everything is not to design what kind of product or plan, but to consider what kind of problems to carry everything related, and finally present the state it should be, see the essence through the phenomenon, and solve it. Practical problems. PCB design with 3D function is changing the design and PCB manufacturing of electronic products.

PCB design survey
Trouble for designers: The ever-shortening design cycle and geographically dispersed design teams are constantly advancing the complexity of design and pushing the use of traditional design tools to their limit. If the designer cannot accept these challenges, he will face the risk of being left behind by his competitors, or even be unable to join the competition at all.
Corporate challenges: The increase in the number of online marketing, stricter design constraints and wiring density, and the gradual migration to high-speed and high-density projects have further aggravated the complexity of PCB boards. This trend is affecting all areas of the industry, not just high-end consumer electronics.
Engineers’ confusion: Today’s engineers spend a lot of time in their design environment to create, verify, and maintain part data. The component data comes from the distributor’s website and the manufacturer’s data sheet, usually attached to the electronic design tool. Part of the library of components is outdated or general-purpose components that have no practical use. If negligence and errors are not corrected during design, the cost will be very expensive.
Consumers' worries: In this market, consumers prefer electronic products with smaller size, lower price, faster speed and more functions.

Advantages of the solution PK
Company: RS Components
Software: DesignSpark Mechanical
Advantage:
Get it from the DesignSpark.com website completely free of charge-so that 3D design benefits all engineers, 12 languages are available.
Modeling is controlled by gestures, which is powerful and intuitive. Anyone can create a collection model-a solid model can be worn without complicated traditional CAD software based on functional characteristics.
Modifications and additions are made in a short period of time, thereby eliminating bottlenecks, without waiting for the CAD department to use "featured" CAD software to modify.

Company: Altium
Software: Altium Designer 14
Advantage:
Realize flexible and rigid composite PCB design, including advanced layer stack management technology.
Support embedded PCB components-standard components can be placed on the inner layer of the circuit board during the manufacturing process to achieve miniaturized design.
Simplify the high-speed design rules, and realize the automatic and guidance adjustment of the differential pair width setting, so as to maintain the stability of the impedance.
Strengthen the via array technology function of the PCB editor, which can constrain the via array layout to the user-defined area.

Company: Mentor
Software: Mentor PCB
Advantage:
Collaborative design usually requires the PCB design database to be split and then reorganized, but now it can remain intact when multiple designers operate.
Vibration virtual prototypes can use several hours of software simulation to replace weeks and months of operation in the laboratory, and highlight potential failures of various components.
The management of electronic product IP is extremely complicated. The standard PLM system cannot maintain internal relationships and synchronization, and requires professional ECAD software.