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Martin Wendel · Guest

Hello,
I have a problem when communicating from Pro/E (WF2) to layout design (using
Mentor).
In the IDF-standard, they specify an area called ".other_outline" for
soldermask-areas where you want to specify an EMC-shield (for example). But
at my company our mcad-standard says we should use "Place Region" for this
purpose. Now the layout-people do not accept this, so I must manually change
this info in the IDF-file (change .PLACE_REGION to .OTHER_OUTLINE).

Shouldn't it be a function for this in Pro/E in order to meet the
IDF-standard? Or is there any other idea how to make a correct IDF-file
without this manually work? (Sometimes you still want to use a mixed model
with both .place_region and .other_outline so auto-search-and-modify is not
an option...)

Thankful for ideas... /// Martin

GWDavis28 · Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 70 Location: Massachusetts

Ok Martin, here you go.

Most times the .OTHER_OUTLINE is used to define a volume that a part such as a heatsink (or board core) will occupy. To define this in Pro/E you will need to:

1. Create a part to represent the volume. In this part set the part parameter ECAD_PART_TYPE to be OTHER_OUTLINE. You can also set a parameter ECAD_PART_NAME to a name that you want for the .OTHER_OUTLINE section in the exported .emn file.

2. Create a second Pro/E part to represent the board.

3. Create a Pro/E assembly with the board assembled as the first component. Next assemble the part that defines the heatsink.

4. Export this design by selecting #File#Export#Model#ECAD#IDF 2.0 (or 3.0) and accept the default 'Outline' and 'Placement'. Pick the coordinate system to be used as well as the board bottom and top (if necessary), and the name for the export .emn file. This will create the IDF .emn file with a .OTHER_OUTLINE section.

For example the .emn file would have the following format:

.HEADER
BOARD_FILE 2.0 "Pro/ENGINEER TM Version H-03-71 " 1999/07/13.08:34:17 2
ASM0006 THOU
.END_HEADER
.BOARD_OUTLINE
125.00000
0 4000.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0 4000.00000 5000.00000 0.00000
0 0.00000 5000.00000 0.00000
0 0.00000 0.00000 0.00000
0 4000.00000 0.00000 0.00000
.END_BOARD_OUTLINE
.DRILLED_HOLES
.END_DRILLED_HOLES
.OTHER_OUTLINE
boardcore 50.00000
0 2500.00000 -500.00000 0.00000
0 2500.00000 3500.00000 0.00000
0 -500.00000 3500.00000 0.00000
0 -500.00000 -500.00000 0.00000
0 2500.00000 -500.00000 0.00000
.END_OTHER_OUTLINE
.END_PLACEMENT

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