{"id":4747,"date":"2021-07-27T16:07:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T20:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/?p=4747"},"modified":"2026-03-26T04:32:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T08:32:22","slug":"enhance-electronics-and-mechanical-design-with-nx-pcb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/designcenter\/enhance-electronics-and-mechanical-design-with-nx-pcb\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhance electronics and mechanical design with NX Flexible Printed Circuit Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the updates from<em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/new-june-nx-release-details\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> last months NX release<\/a><\/em>, we want to be able to bring you more details surrounding the different applications within NX. This post focuses on <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/nx-design\/the-design-alliance-the-right-software\/\">NX&#8217;s Printed Circuit Boards application<\/a>. Please see below for more details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall in this release, Flexible Printed Circuit Design enhancements focus on electronics and mechanical design collaboration in a managed environment, and productivity workflows for rigid-flex and flex boards. We will be looking into the following updates:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022Conversion of rigid-flex designs into Flexible Printed Circuit Design (FPCD) native parts <br>\u2022Improved error handling and user feedback during conversion<br>\u2022Enhanced electronic component placement workflows <br>\u2022Support managed IDX collaboration within Teamcenter co-design object<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>There is a video demonstrating all of this at the end of this article.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Conversion-of-rigid-flex-designs-1024x426.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4751\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conversion of rigid-flex designs<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>With the conversion of rigid-flex designs you will find that there is a simple single click to do just that. <br><br>What&#8217;s new? <br>\u2022Consistent to existing functionality <br>\u2022Automatically generated layer scheme <br>\u2022Reuse of created layer schemes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Improved-Error-Handling.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4755\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Improved error handling and user feedback during conversion <\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Improved error handling and user feedback during conversion supports conversion of a common set of problems in model geometry. <br><br>What&#8217;s new? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022Better handling of tolerance issues, non-concentric bends, split bends, non-parallel faces, and non tangent bends. <br>\u2022Improved messaging with localized highlighting<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/Enhanced-Electronic-component-placement-workflwos-1024x372.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4758\" width=\"400\" height=\"250\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Enhanced electronic component placement workflows<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s new? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022Associate Object for assembly components <br>\u2022Layer settings for flat solid <br>\u2022Component cross selection and highlighting <br>\u2022Visual reporting for top\/bottom face identification <br>\u2022Pin 1 and CCP identification on flat solid<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"NX Flexible Printed Circuit Design\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KuH0lVGmKxI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption><br>Thank you for taking a look at the recent NX PCB enhancements in this latest release of NX. 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