{"id":5770,"date":"2018-05-15T13:41:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T20:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mentor.com\/jimmartens\/?p=5770"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:30:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:30:50","slug":"heres-whats-new-in-pads-professional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/2018\/05\/15\/heres-whats-new-in-pads-professional\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s What\u2019s New in PADS Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-post-content post text-md\">\n<p>PADS Professional VX.2.3 release is packed with new features as well as performance and quality enhancements including:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Rigid-Flex<\/li>\n<li>Constraint manager automation<\/li>\n<li>3D component model import<\/li>\n<li>Back drill for sub-laminate type fabrication<\/li>\n<li>MCAD Collaborator included in core product<\/li>\n<li>Online DRC improved messaging<\/li>\n<li>Hyperlinks on objects and hyperlink hot spots in PDF output.<\/li>\n<li>Batch DRC checks<\/li>\n<li>Invalid layer stackup checks<\/li>\n<li>New 3D toolbar<\/li>\n<li>And more\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.com\/pads_com\/resources\/overview\/what-s-new-in-pads-professional-vx-2-3-550f3fcb-9e92-4827-9741-b41f14242d81?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-5781\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2018\/05\/Whats-New-PADS-Professional-VX23_Button-520x293.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-post-content post text-md\">\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.com\/pads_com\/resources\/overview\/what-s-new-in-pads-professional-vx-2-3-550f3fcb-9e92-4827-9741-b41f14242d81?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch this video to learn more<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>With the new Rigid-flex option in PADS Professional, one can assign custom stackups on a per-board outline basis. Visualize the stackup before applying, and then connect multiple board outlines together.<\/p>\n<p>To aid in 3D model alignment, the 3D view now includes options to define the seating plane of the part, simplifying and speeding up 3D model assignment. Component rotation is simplified with 3D arrows to help rotate and align the component along the Z, X, and Y axis of rotation.<\/p>\n<p>In order to optimize today\u2019s tight form-factors in electronic product design &#8211; collaboration between ECAD and MCAD teams is more necessary that ever. To facilitate electro-mechanical co-design, the MCAD Collaborator is now included FREE in PADS Professional.<\/p>\n<p>The VX.2.3 release\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.com\/padsvx-2-3?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">features a substantial number of usability improvements<\/a>, including requests and ideas submitted by you, our customers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-post-content post text-md\">\n<p>If you are a current PADS customer, PADS VX.2.3 is now\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.mentor.com\/en\/product\/852852098\/downloads?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">available for download<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not yet a customer? Download\u00a0a free 30-day evaluation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pads.com\/downloads\/pads-professional-eval-interest?cmpid=9049\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PADS Professional<\/a> today!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading,<br \/>\nJohn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PADS Professional VX.2.3 release is packed with new features as well as performance and quality enhancements including: Rigid-Flex Constraint manager&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spanish_translation":"","french_translation":"","german_translation":"","italian_translation":"","polish_translation":"","japanese_translation":"","chinese_translation":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"industry":[],"product":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-5770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10674,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5770\/revisions\/10674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5770"},{"taxonomy":"industry","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry?post=5770"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=5770"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/electronic-systems-design\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=5770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}