ECAD MCAD collaboration simplified with one software solution
ECAD MCAD collaboration simplified with one software solution
Bridge the gaps between traditional ECAD MCAD software with a truly unified electronics and mechanical software tool.
Bridge the gaps between traditional ECAD MCAD software with a truly unified electronics and mechanical software tool.
What is ECAD MCAD?
What is ECAD MCAD?
ECAD (electronic computer-aided design) software is used to design and create electronic structures. MCAD (mechanical computer-aided design) software is used to design and create mechanical systems.
Intelligent products require integrated electrical and mechanical characteristics. Thus, it is vital that our design and engineering workflows are also integrated. ECAD and MCAD need to work together to enable true interoperability.
ECAD (electronic computer-aided design) software is used to design and create electronic structures. MCAD (mechanical computer-aided design) software is used to design and create mechanical systems.
Intelligent products require integrated electrical and mechanical characteristics. Thus, it is vital that our design and engineering workflows are also integrated. ECAD and MCAD need to work together to enable true interoperability.
Benefits of integrated ECAD MCAD
Design Unification
Design Unification
Autodesk Fusion enables ECAD and MCAD designers to work natively and independently on the same design project and within the same design management platform. You never have to integrate any third party software, translate, exchange, or export STEP, XDF, or IDF files, ever.
Autodesk Fusion enables ECAD and MCAD designers to work natively and independently on the same design project and within the same design management platform. You never have to integrate any third party software, translate, exchange, or export STEP, XDF, or IDF files, ever.
Collaboration
Collaboration
Autodesk Fusion offers a complete online collaboration experience for PCB, mechanical, and data management, making sure that every stakeholder is part of the product development cycle. Design changes are automatically managed to enable you to revise your board shape, component placement update, or modified enclosure.
Autodesk Fusion offers a complete online collaboration experience for PCB, mechanical, and data management, making sure that every stakeholder is part of the product development cycle. Design changes are automatically managed to enable you to revise your board shape, component placement update, or modified enclosure.
True 3D PCB Design
True 3D PCB Design
With integrated ECAD and MCAD in Autodesk Fusion, 3D PCB data such as board copper, core material, and components can be analyzed, verified, and validated on the MCAD side to make sure they meet the product design specifications.
With integrated ECAD and MCAD in Autodesk Fusion, 3D PCB data such as board copper, core material, and components can be analyzed, verified, and validated on the MCAD side to make sure they meet the product design specifications.
Integrated ECAD MCAD for consumer products
Integrated ECAD MCAD for consumer products
Product designers require solutions that help them bring consumer products to market faster and to easily transition from design to production. Autodesk Fusion enables seamless integration of ECAD and MCAD.
Iterate faster with simultaneous collaboration capabilities
Minimize delays with ECAD/MCAD integration
Simplify project communications with connected teams in one platform
Product designers require solutions that help them bring consumer products to market faster and to easily transition from design to production. Autodesk Fusion enables seamless integration of ECAD and MCAD.
Iterate faster with simultaneous collaboration capabilities
Minimize delays with ECAD/MCAD integration
Simplify project communications with connected teams in one platform
Boost your team's productivity with built-in data management that drives efficiency
Boost your team's productivity with built-in data management that drives efficiency
Gain the power of unified design and manufacturing tools with integrated product data management with Autodesk Fusion.
Fusion manages data automatically while teams collaborate and focus on product development. Stop spending time spent searching for files or losing work. Fusion keeps your data centralized, accessible, and secure.
Gain the power of unified design and manufacturing tools with integrated product data management with Autodesk Fusion.
Fusion manages data automatically while teams collaborate and focus on product development. Stop spending time spent searching for files or losing work. Fusion keeps your data centralized, accessible, and secure.
Getting started with integrated ECAD MCAD
Electronics Design
Electronics Design
Comprehensive full-featured electronics tool for your schematics, PCB, simulation, library management, manufacturing, and more.
Comprehensive full-featured electronics tool for your schematics, PCB, simulation, library management, manufacturing, and more.
Mechanical Design
Mechanical Design
Fully functional and powerful 3D design and modeling, including PCB integration, sketching, rendering, sheet metal, and assemblies.
Fully functional and powerful 3D design and modeling, including PCB integration, sketching, rendering, sheet metal, and assemblies.
Simulation
Simulation
Easy to use yet powerful e-cooling simulation to verify and validate thermal design of your printed circuit board (PCB) early and often.
Easy to use yet powerful e-cooling simulation to verify and validate thermal design of your printed circuit board (PCB) early and often.
Speed up your time to market with the Avnet add-in for Fusion
Speed up your time to market with the Avnet add-in for Fusion
Autodesk Fusion is the end-to-end product development solution for consumer products. Accelerate your consumer electronics design faster than ever with our Avnet partnership.
Autodesk Fusion is the end-to-end product development solution for consumer products. Accelerate your consumer electronics design faster than ever with our Avnet partnership.
Better together: Autodesk and Cadence ECAD MCAD integration
Better together: Autodesk and Cadence ECAD MCAD integration
Autodesk and Cadence have partnered to optimize the experience for Allegro X and OrCAD X users with Autodesk Fusion, delivering a seamless ECAD MCAD design workflow.
This partnership facilitates real-time updates, such as defining or updating enclosure outlines in Fusion, seamlessly adopted by the Cadence PCB or fine-tuning component placement in Fusion and, in moments, receiving alerts in Cadence. This will enhance design efficiency and eliminate the need for disruptive file conversions.
Autodesk and Cadence have partnered to optimize the experience for Allegro X and OrCAD X users with Autodesk Fusion, delivering a seamless ECAD MCAD design workflow.
This partnership facilitates real-time updates, such as defining or updating enclosure outlines in Fusion, seamlessly adopted by the Cadence PCB or fine-tuning component placement in Fusion and, in moments, receiving alerts in Cadence. This will enhance design efficiency and eliminate the need for disruptive file conversions.
Resources for ECAD MCAD
Get started with ECAD MCAD with these tutorials, guides, tips, and tricks.
Get started with ECAD MCAD with these tutorials, guides, tips, and tricks.
ECAD MCAD Collaboration: 3 Reasons Why Every Electronics Designer Needs MCAD Software
ECAD MCAD integration is a necessity in today’s world. See how Autodesk Fusion can make electronics to mechanical workflows easy.
ECAD MCAD integration is a necessity in today’s world. See how Autodesk Fusion can make electronics to mechanical workflows easy.
Fusion Electronics: ECAD to MCAD Made Easy
Fusion makes electronics to mechanical workflows easy with seamless ECAD MCAD integration.
Fusion makes electronics to mechanical workflows easy with seamless ECAD MCAD integration.
3D PCB Design and Analysis: The Benefits of MCAD and ECAD
Let’s explore the three main benefits of using PCB design software to combine ECAD (electronic computer-aided design) and MCAD (mechanical computer-aided design).
Let’s explore the three main benefits of using PCB design software to combine ECAD (electronic computer-aided design) and MCAD (mechanical computer-aided design).
MCAD to ECAD Workflows Tutorial
Learn how to easily and quickly define your PCB outline from a mechanical design.
Learn how to easily and quickly define your PCB outline from a mechanical design.
Using Edit in Place to Synchronize Between ECAD MCAD Designs
Want to maintain an automatic connection between your PCB and enclosure when updates occur? Edit in Place ensures your MCAD and ECAD designs always stay in sync.
Want to maintain an automatic connection between your PCB and enclosure when updates occur? Edit in Place ensures your MCAD and ECAD designs always stay in sync.
How ECAD and MCAD Work Together
MCAD – Mechanical computer-aided design and ECAD – electronic computer-aided design, when combined, can help streamline crucial development processes.
MCAD – Mechanical computer-aided design and ECAD – electronic computer-aided design, when combined, can help streamline crucial development processes.
Get truly unified ECAD MCAD integration
ECAD MCAD frequently asked questions (FAQs)
Yes, Autodesk Fusion unifies MCAD and ECAD workflows. Whether you’re an electrical engineer looking for a cloud-based PCB design tool or an industrial designer looking to incorporate PCBs into your work, Fusion 360 is the solution for you. The electronics workspace is a comprehensive and affordable end-to-end solution that includes 999 schematics, 16 layers, and unlimited board area.
Electronic Computer-Aided Design (ECAD) software is used to create and modify both 2D and 3D diagrams and layouts, to design Printed Circuit Boards (PCB).
MCAD (mechanical computer-aided design) software is used to create and modify 2D and 3D CAD geometry to design and document mechanical components.