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MCAD CoDesigner: Onboarding Guide
Synchronize your design between Altium Designer and the most popular MCAD systems. ECAD-MCAD integration accelerates multi-disciplinary electronic product design with seamless collaboration between mechanical and electrical engineers.
Getting Started with CoDesigner
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Onboarding Objective |
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Activate your Altium 365 Workspace |
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Install CoDesigner |
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Configure CoDesigner |
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Introduction to CoDesigner for MCAD |
Getting Started Guide: SOLIDWORKS Getting Started Guide: PTC Creo |
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How to initialize collaboration |
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Sync changes across ECAD-MCAD |
Best Practices for CoDesigner
- For newly designed boards, start by sending a blank board from Altium Designer to your MCAD tool to ensure that any future changes can be pulled from MCAD.
- In order to keep the mechanical dimensions and constraints alive, only make changes to the board shape in your MCAD application.
- Configure the naming of the Component Models and Component Linkages in the MCAD CoDesigner Section of your Altium 365 Workspace Settings.
- Review these recommendations for a Mechanical Engineer.
Additional Resources & Help
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How to get help |
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