Enhanced Collaboration through Accurate ECAD and MCAD Design Data
Altium Designer's MCAD CoDesigner streamlines the collaboration between electrical and mechanical engineers by ensuring the accurate transfer of design data between domains. By reducing misalignments and errors, this solution maintains design compliance with form-factor constraints and electronic design requirements, fostering a seamless integration process.
Optimized Design Workflow for Increased Innovation
The bi-directional data sharing and communication capabilities of Altium Designer's MCAD CoDesigner empower designers to work with their preferred tools while seamlessly transferring data and designs across environments. This optimized workflow leads to enhanced product design, increased innovation, and efficient collaboration between ECAD and MCAD teams.
Efficiency in Time and Development
Altium Designer's MCAD CoDesigner significantly reduces design delays, bottlenecks, and the time spent on exporting, sharing, and importing CAD files between electrical and mechanical teams. By enabling seamless collaboration, this solution minimizes design respins, accelerates time to market, and enhances overall development efficiency.
Key Capabilities for Advanced Design Support
Altium Designer's MCAD CoDesigner offers advanced capabilities such as copper geometry support in MCAD, rigid-flex synchronization for portable and flexible device design, native component linkage for accurate representation, and enclosure exchange to ensure seamless integration of PCB and mechanical enclosure models. Additionally, the solution provides an advanced history display for tracking changes and notifications between teams.
Supported MCAD Tools and Feature Matrix
Altium Designer's MCAD CoDesigner supports a range of popular MCAD tools, including SOLIDWORKS, PTC Creo Parametric, Autodesk Inventor, Autodesk Fusion 360, and Siemens NX (available with Altium Designer Enterprise license). With a built-in panel for streamlined collaboration, engineers can push and pull changes effortlessly, eliminating the need for manual file conversions or exchanges.
Testimonials from Industry Leaders
Industry leaders such as Quantel Laser, Kinetic Vision, and YASA have praised Altium 365's MCAD CoDesigner for facilitating efficient collaboration, accurate design data sharing, and enhanced visualization tools. These testimonials showcase the real-world impact of Altium Designer's solution on accelerating product development and improving cross-functional team communication.