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ECAD and MCAD Co-Design for Success
Partner Solutions
Available in both Allegro X and OrCAD X PCB Editor
MCAD Solution File Format Platform Plugin
Support for objects passed
between the two interfaces
1
Autodesk Fusion IDF Autodesk 360, Library.io Not Required
• Board Outline
• Board Thickness
2
• Component Placement
• Component Name and
Reference Designator
• Copper Traces and Shapes
2
• Cutouts
• Keep-in/Keep-out Areas
• Plated and Unplated Holes
Dassault Systèmes CATIA IDX 3DEXPERIENCE Not Required
Dassault Systèmes
SOLIDWORKS
IDX 3DEXPERIENCE CircuitWorks
PTC Creo IDX None – File Based Creo Parametric
Siemens NX IDX None – File Based PCB Exchange
1 Supported objects may vary for some of the MCAD solutions listed.
2 Single direction transfer from ECAD to MCAD. All other objects listed without a superscript are bi-directional transfers.