Electronics drawings

Electronics drawings are part of the manufacturing dataset, used by technicians and engineers to diagnose boards and verify proper construction. In a volume production scenario, they are generated for all designs irrespective of layer count.

The following image shows (1) the electronics drawing browser node structure and (2) electronics drawings and related views and tables supported across multiple drawing sheets.

Layer stacks

Add a Layer Stack Table alongside a Layer Stack Diagram to see detailed information about each layer, such as material, thickness, type, and any special attribute. Together, they enable thorough verification of the PCB design, ensuring that it meets the required standards and performance criteria before production begins. They also let everyone understand the physical structure and specifications of the PCB. You can place layer stacks for multiple PCBs in a mechanical assembly alongside each other on a single sheet or across multiple sheets for more detail about the boards within the entire assembly.

Silkscreen

In the Browser, you can view silkscreen objects such as logos, symbols, values, and reference designators. Select the silkscreen or documentation layers from the 2D PCB layer set selection to include or exclude them during electronics drawing creation.

Tip: You can also control the visibility of reference designators, values, or other silkscreen items (such as logos and symbols) individually. In the Browser, click the visibility icon next to the corresponding Browser node to show or hide them on the sheet.

• When added to these editable layer sets, NamesTop and NamesBottom will appear on the Reference Designator node in the Drawings Browser.
• ValuesTop and ValuesBottom will appear on the Values node.
• All other layers in the silkscreen layer sets will appear on the Other Silkscreen node.

Reference designators and other silkscreen objects visible	All silkscreen objects hidden