Chapter 10
Using Mechanical CAD
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Creating Mechanical CAD Design Files
To create a new mechanical CAD design, you can either use the new design
that appears when you create a mechanical CAD file, or you can create a
new design and assign it to an existing file. To create a new design and
assign it to an existing file:
1.
Open the file that the new design is to be added to.
2.
Choose
File»New Design
. The
New Design
dialog box appears.
3.
Type the design name in the
Design name
field.
4.
From the
Design type
drop-down list, select
Mechanical CAD
.
5.
Indicate the file where the design is to added. The drop-down list
shows only the open files. To include this design in another project,
open the file so that it appears in the
Add to project
drop-down list.
6.
Click
OK
. The
New Design
dialog box disappears, and a blank
mechanical CAD design with the name that you specified is opened as
a separate window.
The
Projects
tab shows the mechanical CAD design is a part of the
open project that you specified during the design’s creation the dialog
box. In the example shown below, “test” is the mechanical CAD
design.
Note
Mechanical CAD designs can be part of a project containing PCB designs. Project
files are independent of design file types.
