3 Replies Latest reply on Jan 30, 2018 1:50 PM by William Radigan

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    Paul Lesiw
    Paul Lesiw Nov 8, 2017 2:03 PM

      Importing .asc file using circuitworks and the board thickness is not correct. any idea of how to fix board thickness?

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          William Radigan
          William Radigan Jan 30, 2018 12:52 PM (in response to Paul Lesiw)

          Me too.  The default pcb thickness is 3.349mm [0.132 in], which isn't correct.  I'm not sure if the problem is my CircuitWorks setup, or that the PCB guy has an incorrect property in the *.ASC file that I'm importing.  I'd love to know if there's a place that I can override this default thickness.  Changing it manually after the fact is a pain.

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            Steve Calvert
            Steve Calvert Jan 30, 2018 1:39 PM (in response to Paul Lesiw)

            Check the thickness value in your pcb design software.  Our guys who used Cadence didn't ever set the Z value and when I tried importing a PCB assy once all the components were Z= 500mm

             

            Steve C

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                William Radigan
                William Radigan Jan 30, 2018 1:50 PM (in response to Steve Calvert)

                Thanks Steve!

                 

                Also, I just discovered that even though the 'Thickness' property of the "Board Extrusion" feature is read only, the thickness values of each Layer are adjustable.  It's not ideal, but at least I can correct the board thickness.  In my case, I don't have much influence over the files I get to import.