CATIA Training

Exercises

Circuit Board Design

Version 5 Release 9
June 2002
EDU-CAT-E-CBD-FX-V5R9

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1. Connector Box
Creating the main pad
Place_Keepout and drilled holes
Export and import
Checking

2. Camera
Creating the main pad
Creating holes
Defining constraint area
Exporting PCB

3. Connector Assembly

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Master Exercise
Connector Box : Presentation
40 min.

In this exercise, you will:

Create the PCB main pad with mounting holes
Define a Keepout area
Insert and position a connector
Create the connector holes for the pins and change their links
Export the PCB under the IDF format for the ECAD software.
Import back with component substitution, the updated Board that has been completed in the
ECAD software
Perform space analysis

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Design Intent

Other electronic components

Housing

Connector socket

PCB main pad

The connector housing assembly is already designed

The PCB main pad with holes and Constraints Areas are defined within the
MCAD tool
The connector socket selected in a standard parts catalog is located within in
the MCAD software
The other electronic components are selected and located within the ECAD
software
The final space analysis is performed within the MCAD software
The data exchange standard is IDF 3.0 unit THOU (thousand of inch)

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Design Process

1.Create PCB main pad with

mounting holes
2. Define a Keepout area
and insert a connector

3. Export PCB and

replace the Board
Assembly by an updated
one from ECAD

3. Perform
Space analysis

Board design process...

Connector Box design process

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Master Exercise
Connector Box (Step 1) Creating the main pad
10 min.

Create the Connector PCB Main Pad with mounting holes in three steps:
Create a PCB assembly in the product tree
Sketch a profile and create a pad and add mounting holes
Recognize the PCB entity

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Do It Yourself

Starting from a new product, insert the given assembly:

Insert the Catia Document Connector_Box/L1/HousingAssembly.CATProduct

Then, insert a new Board Assembly product and a new Part and move its origin to a mounting boss.
Create the CBD main pad (thickness=1mm) as shown below, and 2 mounting holes (Diameter= 3.0mm).

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Master Exercise
Connector Box (Step 2) Place_Keepout and drilled holes
10 min.

Create a Place_Keepout area

Add a Connector on the Printed Circuit Board with its drilled holes

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Do It Yourself (1/2)

Load the Catia document

Connector_Box/L2/CATCBDEXConnector_Assembly_Start_L2.CATProduct
Starting from the given assembly, insert a Place_Keepout with the profile shown below and a
limit height equal to 4mm.

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Do It Yourself (2/2)

Locate the connector in the one side of the board as illustrated below (connector instance
name should be CN01) and create drill holes with a diameter equal to .7mm for the connector
pins. Specify the holes as being plated and linked to the connector.

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Master Exercise
Connector Box (Step 3) Export and Import
10 min.

Export the Board Assembly

Replace the board assembly by importing an IDF file in context

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Do It Yourself (1/2)

Load the Catia document

Connector_Box/L3/CATCBDEXConnector_Assembly_Start_L3.CATProduct
Export the Board assembly to an IDF3.0 file unit THOU.

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Do It Yourself (2/2)

Replace the Board assembly by a new one, imported in context, using the following IDF board
and library files, and the following catalog, with the Drill All option for board holes:
Connector_Box/L3/Connector_L3.idf
Connector_Box/L3/Connector_L3.lib
Connector_Box/L3/Connector_components.catalog

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Master Exercise
Connector Box (Step 4) Checking
10 min.

Verifying clearance and looking for interference

Moving the connector socket

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Exercise
Camera
30 min.

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Exercise
Camera (Step 1) Creating the main pad
5 min.

In this step, you will

Use the various Sketcher tools
by generating the PCB main pad
for the Camera Front Side.
Become familiar with V5
PCB definition methodology.

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Do It Yourself
Load Camera/camera_start.CATProduct
document
Create a New Board, designed in the context
of a camera front side as shown on the right
sketch.
1 - Define the PCB in the product tree.
2 - Sketch its profile in context.
3 - Generate the Main Pad.

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Exercise
Camera (Step 2) Creating holes
5 min.

In this step, you will use the

CBD Hole creation icon in the context
of the Camera.

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Do It Yourself

Load the Catia document Camera/Camera_start_holes.CATProduct

1 - Create 4 holes on the board, position them

aligned with the 4 pins.
Diameter: 1.5 mm and thickness: up to last.
2 - Define them as mounting holes.
CBD properties: NPTH

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Exercise
Camera (Step 3) Defining Constraint Area
15 min.

In this step, you will use the Constraint Area icon

to the Camera model.

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Do It Yourself
Load the Catia document
Camera/Camera_Start_ConstraintArea.CATProduct
From a sketch on the Printed Circuit Board,
generate a Via Keep-out following the
procedure explained in the previous pages.
1 - Insert a new body
2 - Create the Keepout profile
3 - Create the Keepout pad (height= 5mm)
4 - Recognize the pad as a Keepout

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Exercise
Camera (Step 4) - Exporting PCB
5 min.

In this step, you will export a PCB under

an IDF format

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Do It Yourself
Load the Catia document Camera/Camera_Export.CATProduct

From the Camera model, export the PCB under the IDF
format
1 - Save the PCB using the Export icon
2 - Open the new file with a text editor such as notepad

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Exercise
Connector Assembly
30 min.

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Do It Yourself (1/3)

Load the Catia document

Connector_Box/L4/CATCBDEXConnector_Assembly_Start_L4.CATProduct
Create a volume cut of the assembly and measure clearance above the electrical components
Check for interference between the Board assembly and the Housing assembly
Translate the connector socket to prevent the clash

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Do It Yourself (2/3)

1- Create a cylindrical component with 2 pins as shown in the illustration and store it in a catalog

2- Import the IDF files Connector_Box/A1/Connector_A1.idf using the catalog from the previous
step

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Do It Yourself (3/3)

Replace the component MODULE-1 stored in the Electrical_Component catalog by a more

accurate representation: Dimensions are shown below.

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