![Shane Skinner is a Technical Marketing Engineer working on the Capital, VeSys, and Solid Edge Wiring and Harness Design product lines withom the Integrated Electrical Systems segment of Siemens Digital Industry Software. Shane previously worked for Mentor supporting its PCB design products, Xpedition and PADS. He graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering.](https://www.techdesignforums.com/practice/files/2021/06/ShaneSkinnerFeatIm-150x150.png)
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![Shane Skinner is a Technical Marketing Engineer working on the Capital, VeSys, and Solid Edge Wiring and Harness Design product lines withom the Integrated Electrical Systems segment of Siemens Digital Industry Software. Shane previously worked for Mentor supporting its PCB design products, Xpedition and PADS. He graduated from Oregon State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering.](https://www.techdesignforums.com/practice/files/2021/06/ShaneSkinnerFeatIm-150x150.png)
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The necessity and benefits of ECAD-MCAD collaboration for PCB design
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The future of thermal simulation for electronics products
Mechanical CAD integration
Bridging the ECAD-MCAD gap
New tools and standards encourage communication between the electrical and mechanical domains, says Pawel Chadzynski. Most major electronics companies have separate electrical (ECAD) and mechanical (MCAD) design organizations. Efficient collaboration between these teams throughout the PCB design process can significantly reduce cycle times, lower the risk of re-spins, and improve quality. The first challenge to […]
Product development efficiency through ECAD-MCAD collaboration
In May 2008, the ProSTEP iViP Association released an agreed data schema and communication protocol to enhance collaboration between electrical and mechanical CAD tools (ProSTEP iViP Recommendation ECAD/MCAD, PSI 5). The article sets out the need for the new standards and how they deliver greater design effi ciencies than existing technologies, such as the IDF […]
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