Generate 3D models and gerber files

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Generate 3D models and Gerber files.

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After completing this video, you'll be able to perform AD RC,

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create a three DPC B model and create design file exports

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in fusion. We want to carry on with our PC B module board layout V one.

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At this point, we've created our electronics design

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and we've also created our schematic and we've pushed the schematic into a two

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DPC B where we laid out the location of all of our components.

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The next step in the process is for us to do some DRC or design rule checking

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to generate a three DPC B model as well as create the export files for manufacture.

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So the first step in this process really depends on

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what you are planning to do with your board.

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If you're designing components around it in fusion,

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then you want to make sure that you push it to A three DPC B.

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So we're gonna take a look at pushing to a three E DPC B first

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noting that we have options for what we can push. In

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this case, we want to take the solder mask, the polygons traces and VIAS.

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And we also want to make sure that all of the components are going with it as well.

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Notice that these will have a 3D model associated with them.

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And we did validate that using our libraries,

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making sure that each component did have a 3D component

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as we generate our board. Now, we have a good idea of how this thing looks in 3D.

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We've got our four pjsts on both sides.

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We've got our resistors and we can see the silk screen information for the

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IC one, all the resistors, the led

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the J one and J two for our connectors

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and Q one and Q two for our NPN transistors.

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We can get a good idea of the overall layout of our board and whether or

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not we need to make any adjustments to the size before we go into manufacture,

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everything looks pretty good here.

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So we're gonna do a quick save,

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make sure that we do have our PC B module and we're going to call this 13 DPC B.

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The three DPC V will be saved and stored along with the rest of the project.

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So we're going to close this out

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and navigate back to our PC B module.

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When we take a look at our PC B module, note that our 3D board,

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the top and bottom are listed here,

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but currently, we're not seeing our schematic and our PC B.

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What we can do is we can update these by double clicking and

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checking on each of them to make sure that they are updated properly.

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And then we can make sure that we do a save on this

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and we can go back to each of these,

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the schematic and the PC B to make sure all of them are up to date

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once we're happy and make sure that everything is up to date.

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We want to start to do AD RC or design rule check.

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The DRC is going to allow us to validate our board

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to make sure that all of the design rules are followed.

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We're gonna select, check using all the default standards

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and note that there are going to be some errors and you

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can see that these errors are showing things like wire lines.

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Now, if you see wire lines,

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it is possible that you left a component outside of the board.

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Now, it looks to me like that is not a problem for us

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and,

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but we do want to make sure that we validate this by going through each of these lines

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and seeing if everything works, ok?

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If you do have errors or problems with your board,

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one thing that you can do is you can un route it

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and you can go through the process of routing it again.

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When we take a look at our options, we can en route all

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and then we can go back through and note that our errors

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are only here because now we have un routed air wires.

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So we're gonna go back through the quick route process, go to the auto router,

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continue

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start the process.

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And once again, we're gonna select one of the options that has zero VIAS.

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We'll select end job,

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go back through our DRC,

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do our design rule check and make sure that everything is good this time.

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Notice here we no longer have any errors. Everything has been approved.

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The next step in our process is to check on manufacturing.

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Now, when we do manufacturing settings, we want to take a look at our camp preview.

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First,

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the camp preview will give us an idea of what the board looks like.

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And we get an idea of where all of the through holes or VIAS

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are going to be located.

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We can go to our board settings and get information about the board such as its area

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stack up in this case again, a two layer board

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components, pads,

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drill settings for the number of holes as well as routing information.

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When you're getting a quote for a manufactured PC B,

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there may be some requirements that you need

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to follow things like specific drill hole requirements.

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So making sure that your board does fit within those specific areas is

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going to be important to make sure that the quote does come through.

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The next step in the process is to go to our C

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A processor.

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Now,

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the CAM processor is going to make sure that everything in

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the PC B design is up to date and saved.

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So we'll select, yes, making sure that everything is up to date.

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Next,

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we're gonna be using all of the default settings and exporting this as a zip file.

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A lot of times when you're going to get your boards quoted,

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they'll accept a zip file as long as

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it contains all the applicable output source files.

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Now, as we scroll through these source files that will be created,

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we've got this O DB plus plus file which

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contains things like the solder mask and silkscreen information.

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And then we've got a section for Gerber files

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getting an idea of the requirements of whatever PC B supply house you go with is

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going to be good to make sure that

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you are validating and creating the correct information.

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Now, in our case,

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we are gonna be using Gerber and we're gonna

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take a look at the top and bottom copper layers

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noting that the top layer is going to be our polygon pore and

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it's just going to be machining or removing material around those traces.

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The bottom layer is a little bit different with more material being removed.

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We've got a profile of our board.

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We've got the solder mask on the top and bottom as well as the solder paste,

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top and bottom.

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Silkscreen information on the top and bottom as well.

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There's also drill information

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and a bill of materials as well as some other

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information that's available such as drawing and legacy data.

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Once we're happy with all of our settings,

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we can export that file and we can pick a location to save it

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for me. I'm gonna save it inside of my E

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ad project folder. And then I'm gonna select open

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once our file has been exported, we want to make sure that we open the folder

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and then we navigate through some of the folder structure

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notice inside of here that we've got a PC B module

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board layout and this is gonna be our bill of materials.

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Information about the resistor. We could see 100 and 20 ohms one K 4.7

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our JST connectors

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and we've got information about our voltage

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regulator as well as the NPN transistors.

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So making sure that we do take a look at the information

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that's provided is going to be an important step in that process.

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If anything is missing,

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then we wanna make sure that we do go back and double check all of our settings.

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I'm gonna select the Gerber file and select process job.

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In this case,

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I want to export all of the manufacturer data by selecting

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that Gerber and we're gonna save it in the same location

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and then we'll open that folder

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in

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this case.

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Now we get a zip file and inside of the zip file, we have our CM outputs,

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we've got our O DB files and then underneath our work hub and our project name.

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We've got our Gerber files, our drill files and the assembly,

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the assembly will contain a text document which is our bill of materials.

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And then our Gerber files and drill files will

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be the information that's needed to actually produce the board

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going back through and making sure that you do have all of

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the valid outputs before you send that offer quote will be important.

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Next, we're gonna close this out and make sure that everything has been saved.

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Note that when we went to our manufacture settings, we went to C A processor.

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We also have an option to export

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Gerber and to export the O DB plus plus options.

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If we simply select this,

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we'll be able to go through the process and update our active CM job

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and select. OK? And we can update that output. If we've made any changes to our board

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for us, we want to go back and switch back to our schematic document

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and we wanna just make sure that everything is up to date

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back at the top level. We're gonna do a save

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once everything has been saved,

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we can go ahead and move on to doing some

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of our practice and challenge assignments for this module.