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.

Electronics views and tables

Use the Electronics toolbar in the Drawing workspace to add views and tables that document the PCB:

• Layer stack views show the physical structure of the PCB, including each layer and the via pairs that connect them. For more information, see Layer stack views.
• Copper views show the routing on a single copper layer of the PCB. For more information, see Copper views.
• Drill views and drill tables show the drill and hole locations on the PCB and list each drill size. For more information, see Drill views.

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