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ECAD Board Setup

Name the board, set thickness, and place sockets, fasteners, and inlay from the CadActive ECAD ribbon.

ECAD Board Setup is the five board-attribute commands on the CadActive ECAD ribbon: ECAD Board Name, ECAD Board Thickness, ECAD Board Sockets, ECAD Board Fasteners, and ECAD Board Inlay. Run them on an existing board after you create it. Drawing dimensions, including sheet definitions, are on Add ECAD Board Dimensions—not here.

Socket, fastener, and inlay geometry comes from Creo models you pick in the session. ECAD Catalogs do not list those SKUs.

Who does what

Command

Active model

What it does

ECAD Board Name

Part (solid)

Rename the board family from a name formula.

ECAD Board Thickness

Part (solid)

Set board thickness.

ECAD Board Sockets

Assembly

Assign socket and blank sites and pick session models.

ECAD Board Fasteners

Assembly

Place fasteners on the board assembly.

ECAD Board Inlay

Assembly

Replace the inlay with a picked session model.

ECAD Board Name

  1. Activate the board part (solid) in Creo.

  2. In the ECAD group, select ECAD Board Name.

  3. In ECAD Board Name - by CadActive, type Name Formula.

  4. Confirm the preview names: Assembly, Skeleton, Part, and Drawing. The dialog shows Length and warns if the desired name contains illegal characters.

  5. Select OK.

ECAD Board Thickness

  1. Activate the board part (solid).

  2. Select ECAD Board Thickness.

  3. In Enter Board Thickness, enter a value between 3.0 and 10.0.

  4. Confirm. CadActive applies the thickness to the board part.

ECAD Board Sockets

  1. Activate the board assembly.

  2. Select ECAD Board Sockets.

  3. In ECAD Board Sockets - by CadActive, pick Socket Model and Socket Blank from models in session.

  4. In the table (#, Site Name, Type), set each site to NONE, SOCKET, or SOCKET_BLANK.

  5. Select OK.

ECAD Board Fasteners

  1. Activate the board assembly. Place sockets first when the board uses them—fasteners follow socket sites.

  2. Select ECAD Board Fasteners.

  3. Confirm in the dialog, then CadActive places fasteners on the board assembly.

ECAD Board Inlay

  1. Activate the board assembly.

  2. Select ECAD Board Inlay.

  3. Pick the inlay model from the session. CadActive replaces the inlay on the board.

There is no separate inlay form after the model picker.