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ECAD Board Inlay Model

The inlay assembly you pick in ECAD Board Inlay. It needs a coordinate system named INLAY_MTG.

The board inlay is the assembly you pick in ECAD Board Inlay. CadActive assembles it into the EcadParent as the component INLAY, and can place a stay-out on the board part.

Only ECAD Board Inlay uses this model. It is assembled to INLAY_MATE on the EcadParent skeleton. The stay-out file <inlay name>_pwb.gph is placed on the board part.

What the inlay itself must have

When you pick the inlay, CadActive checks only that model:

  1. The model must be open and valid in the session.

  2. It must contain a coordinate system named INLAY_MTG. This is required. If it is missing, the pick is rejected and no inlay is stored.

Any valid Creo model with INLAY_MTG is accepted. In practice this is an assembly.

Picking the inlay does not check the EcadParent, the skeleton, the board, a stay-out file, or whether the pick matches the inlay already in the assembly. Those are checked when the command runs.

What must exist to replace the inlay

  • The EcadParent assembly is valid.

  • A current inlay already exists (a component named INLAY). Replace removes it and assembles the new one.

  • The inlay you picked is different from the current inlay. Picking the same model makes no change.

  • The EcadParent skeleton has the coordinate system INLAY_MATE, which mates to the inlay’s INLAY_MTG.

What must exist for the stay-out

  • A valid board part with its own coordinate system named INLAY_MTG (the same name as on the inlay; this one is on the board).

  • A stay-out file named <inlay model name>_pwb.gph in the Creo working directory.

  • That stay-out must accept a reference prompt named INLAY_CSYS.

What CadActive creates

Board Inlay does not edit the inlay file. It:

  • Assembles the inlay into the EcadParent as INLAY.

  • Optionally places it after a feature named STIFFENER.

  • Places INLAY_STAY_OUT on the board part.