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YouTubeManual Routing a Complex PCB NET
This video shows you how to manually route a complex PCB net using AutoTRAX DEX PCB.
It also demonstrates how to modify the routed net by adding and deleting a track.
Quick Overview of the PCB-DEX Designer
See how PCB-DEX produces superb schematics and PCBs and see examples of the stunning 3D views of your PCB.
Using The Add Parts Dialog
This video goes through the process of adding parts from the parts catalog to your schematics.
It first shows you how to very quickly find and add a part.
Next it goes into further details of how to use the add part dialog.
Finally, it details several of the powerful formatting tools that are available for the grid display that shows all the parts found.
Schematic Wiring
Wiring together your parts in PCB-DEX is simple and fun. Also modifying the position of your parts is super easy.
How to modify a placed part using the library
This video shows you how to modify a part by saving it to the library, editing the part in the library and then dragging the modified part over your original part.
Schematic Auto router 2
This video show you an update of progress in the development of the PCB-DEX schematic auto-router.
Simple Schematic AutoRouter
This video shows how easy it is to route you schematics with AutoTRA PCB-DEXX. It demonstrates adding a resistor and connecting into your design. It also shows some addition routing.
Schematic Auto-router
This video demonstrates the power of the schematic router in PCB-DEX. It will save you hours of work and is really fun to use.
Automatic Mouse Bites or Break-Away Tabs for PCBs
This video shows you how PCB-DEX automatically generated the mouse-bites and cutouts needed for Break-Away Tabs in panelizard PCBs.
Adding PCB Fiducial Mark
This video show you how easy it is to add Fiducial Marks to a PCB using PCB-DEX
Panelizing your PCB using V Cuts
This video show how to quickly panelize your PCB in PCB-DEX so you can save loads of money when it comes to having it made.
Using The Navigator
This video show you how to use the navigator in PCB-DEX to locate and cross reference parts in your PCB design. It also show you how to quickly tile your views.
Finding Parts in Your PCB Design
This video show you how to use the Navigator in PCB-DEX to quickly and easily find the parts in your design. This works for both schematics and PCBs.
Locating Symbol Terminals by Pad Name
This short video show you how in PCB-DEX you can quickly locate symbol terminals by pad name/pin number. This is very handy with large pin count devices.
Adding images to the PCB-DEX users forum
This video shows you 2 different ways of adding images to your comments in the PCB-DEX users forum.
Adding and editing lines
This video shows you three different ways to add lines to your schematic. The same technique also applies to adding lines to footprints, symbols, and PCBs.
Copper Pour
This video show you some of the infinite varieties of copper fill patterns that are possible for your copper pours in PCB-DEX.
Simulation - Real time Changes
This video show you how you can change component values, such as the value of a resistor, and see the simulation result change in real-time.
Real-Time Circuit Simulation Instruments
This video show you how virtual instruments work on your schematics with real-time simulation.
Automatic PCB Rounded Pads/Tracks and Teardrop
This video show how you can quickly round the corners of all your tracks and pads as well as add teardrops to your PCB.
Automatic Rounded Track Corners - Setting Radius
This video shows you how to automatically add rounded corners to all your tracks in your PCB. It is embarrassingly easy to do; just drag a slider from left to right.
Automatic Rounded Track Corners
In PCB-DEX, you can automatically round all the tracks on your PCB design. This is done very easily by simply clicking on a menu button and the change will automatically be applied.
Splitting a Symbol
This video shows you how to split up a single symbol into multiple symbols that more clearly represent the functionality of a device in your schematic.
Using the Space Pilot Pro for 3D Navigation of your PCB
This video show the Space Pilot Pro in action viewing a PCB in 3D.
Setting the 3D Background
This video shows you how to change the background to the 3-D view of your printed circuit board.
Adding 3D Objects
This video shows you how to add simple 3-D objects to a PCB part. It demonstrates adding several objects including a box, cylinder, sphere, cone and torus.
Dragging Materials onto 3D Objects
This video shows you can apply bitmaps as textures to 3D objects simply by dragging the file from a Windows Explorer windows onto the object.
Sizing Schematic Sheet Content to Fill the Page
This video shows you how to resize the content of a sheet to fill the sheet. This is extremely useful when you have a small design that only takes up a small area of the sheet and you actually want an enlarged area for both aesthetic reasons and for printing.
Replacing an existing part in a PCB design Part 1.
his video shows you how to replace a part in the design by simply dragging a part from the library onto a symbol in your design and it will be automatically replaced. This replacement will also include automatically wiring up the new part with connections that exist for the part been replaced.
Replacing an existing part in a PCB design. Part 2.
This video continues from the 'Replacing an existing part in a PCB design' video and shows you an example of swapping a part for a drastically different one.
Aligning Inter Wire Connectors
This video show you how to align the edges of inter-wire connectors in PCB-DEX.
Radial Context Menu
This video demonstrates the new radial context menu for PCB-DEX PCB designer.
Auto-routing a PCB a net at a time
This video show you how to auto-route individual PCB net. You can simply select the net and click on the appropriate auto-route button in the ribbon menu.
Creating a part for an ATMEGA16U2
This video show you how to quickly create a part for a Microchip ATMEGA16U2 high-performance, low-power Microchip 8-bit AVR RISC-based microcontroller.
Creating a PCB Design from Pre-Routed Designs
This video show you how to create a PCB design by simply dragging pre-routed designs onto the schematic of your new design.
How to create a simple amplifier using pre-designed circuits.
This video show you how to partition a design into an amplifier sub-system and a separate power sub-system.
Moving PCB Tracks with non-45 degree corners
The video further illustrates PCB track editing with PCB-DEX
PCB Track Loop Removal
This video show the automatic breaking of unwanted PCB track loops in PCB-DEX when manually routing a PCB
PCB Orthoginal Routing and Corner Beveling
This video show you how easy it is to manually route your PCB in PCB-DEX.
How to define the start point when manually routing a PCB
When manually routing a PCB in PCB-DEX it is important to define the start point. This videos show you how.
Automatic Silkscreen Clipping
This video show you how PCB-DEX can automatically clip your silkscreen rectangles to the pads and also provide a clearance margin.
Importing 3D Models To Use in a PCB Part
This video shows you how to import a 3-D model from an external source into PCB-DEX. The part is also modified and the materials changed to give a more realistic appearance.
Parametric Parts
PCB-DEX comes with many parametric parts. A parametric part is a part than can automatically generate a 2D footprint/land pattern and a matching 3D model. All from a few simple parameters.
Viewing your PCB in Glorious 3D
Now you can view your PCB complete with shadows, reflective surfaces, 3D copper and even see the solder.
Setting Material Texture for 3D Parts
This video shows you how you can set the material texture for 3-D parts that you import into PCB-DEX. It also shows you how to modify the characteristics of the imported material to effectively have the equivalent of thousands of different textures.
Importing 3D Models To Use in a PCB Part
This video shows you how to import a 3-D model from an external source into PCB-DEX. The part is also modified and the materials changed to give a more realistic appearance.
Moving Parts In 3D on Your PCB
This video shows you how you can move your parts on a PCB using the 3-D viewport.
Symbol Rotation Comparison between PCB-DEX and Altium Designer
This video gives you a comparison of rotating schematic symbols in PCB-DEX and rotating schematic symbols in Altium Designer. It shows how PCB-DEX respects your original layout when rotating but Altium does not. It also shows how PCB-DEX maintains the center of rotation but Altium goes walkabout.
Symbol Rotation in Schematics
This video show you how you can rotate schematics symbols easily and avoid the symbol breaking up or becoming muddled. This was done using PCB-DEX.
Comparison of real-time 3D rendering of a PCB
This video shows a comparison of rendering a 3D PCB with and without real-time shadows and reflective surfaces.
Automatic Generation of 3D model PCB Header
This video show the header produced by PCB-DEX/Active3D
Copy And Paste Circuits
This video shows you how to copy and paste a single circuit that has been laid out and routed to create a more complex circuit.
Creating an Array of Circuits
This video show you how to create a rectangular array of circuits by simply selecting, setting row and column counts and dragging. This was done using PCB-DEX.
Routing
This video show you how to partially route a PCB track and them come back to it later and finish it off. This demo uses PCB-DEX.
Automatically connect SMT pads to power planes
This video show you how to automatically connect SMT pads to power planes.
Renumbering Pads for PCB parts
This video show you how to easily renumber pads in either the part editor or on actual PCBs by simply clicking on each pad in turn.
Create a PCB Footprint by Tracing From a PDF (with captions)
This video show you how to create a PCB footprint from an image captured from a PDF displayed in a browser. The image is copied and pasted into the footprint designer and pads are traced over the image to produce the final footprint. This uses PCB-DEX.
Create a PCB Footprint by Tracing From a PDF
This video show you how to create a PCB footprint from an image captured from a PDF displayed in a browser. The image is copied and pasted into the footprint designer and pads are traced over the image to produce the final footprint.
Manual Routing PCBs with Snap to Pad
The video show you how to manual route a PCB track and ensure the final segment is horizontal/Vertical or at a 45° angle to the target Pad.
Routing with Copper Pour Regions
This video shows you how the new routing using copper pour areas will work in PCB-DEX. It demonstrates manually routing a VCC net that connects three pads in the copper pour region. You will see that the integrity is maintained and you are guided to valid targets during manual routing.The end result is that a net has been correctly routed and maintains the electrical connectivity are defined by the schematics for the PCB project.
Manufacturing Your Printed Circuit Board
This video show you how to plot your PCB-DEX PCB artwork, output files for a CNC cuttter and how to zip up all the Gerber files, Bill of Materials file, NC drill file and pick and place file for manufacturing. It also show you how to preview the Gerber files.
Creating a Part for a Button Battery
This video shows you how to create the part for a button battery in PCB-DEX. It shows you how to create the footprint/land pattern, the symbol and how to import a 3D model.
Post Auto-Route Optimization
In this video you learn how to do post-autoroute optimization of your PCB tracks in PCB-DEX.
Adding a Button Battery to the LED Voltage Ladder
This shows you how to replace a power connector with a battery on the board.
Schematic Editing
In this video you will see the many different thing you can do to edit parts and schematic wiring in PCB-DEX.
Converting a TPH Design to a SMT Design
This video shows you how to convert a design built with TPH PCB technology to one using SMT. The design will be dramatically reduced in size and manufacturing costs will also be greatly reduced.
LM3914 LED Display
This video show the design of a simple LED ladder display. It takes you through the process from schematic, custom part creation and PCB manual routing with PCB-DEX.
Adding Holes and Cutouts to a PCB
This video shows you how to add holes and cutouts to your PCB and how to edit them.
Changing Track Width When Manual Routing
This video show you how to change track widths during manual routing with PCB-DEX.
Track Necking
This video show you how to reduce the width of a track segment to avoid design rule errors when routing between pads.
3D Modelling in Active3D
This is a quick video to show you some modeling in Active3D. Active3D is part of PCB-DEX.
Real-Time Design Rule PCB Checking (DRC)
This video show you how to do real time design rule checking when manually routing your PCB.
3 different routing techniques for PCB design
This video demonstrates the 3 different PCB routing techniques available in PCB-DEX.
Connection a SMT pad to an internal copper pour
This video shows you how to connect a SMT pad on the top side of a PCB to a copper pour area on a different layer in PCB-DEX.
How to create a PCB pad with a rounded end
This video show you how to create a pad with a rounded end using PCB-DEX.
Creating a Custom SOT223 Transistor
This video show you how to create a custom SOT223 for a BSP16T1 High Voltage Transistor in PCB-DEX
Using Docking and Floating Panels
This video show you how to dock/undock/collapse and float panels in PCB-DEX
Adding and Editing Polylines
This video show you how to quickly add and edit polylines in PCB-DEX. It demonstrates how to convert polylines to curves. It also shows you how to create polylines from simple lines and curves.
Adding and Editing Rectangles
This video demonstrates how to add and edit rectangles in PCB-DEX.
Adding and Editing Circle and Ellipses
This video demonstrates how to add/edit circles and ellipses in PCB-DEX.
Schematic, PCB and 3D Viewports
This video shows you how to use the schematic, PCB and 3D viewports in PCB-DEX.
Adding Graphics To Your Drawings
This video gives you an overview of adding graphics to your PCB-DEX drawings. It demonstrates adding lines, arcs, polylines, rectangles, ellipses, curves, polygons, closed curves, note boxes and markers.
Importing a PCB from AutoCAD into PCB-DEX
This video show you how to create a PCB complete with holes and a cutout in AutoCAD and import the PCB into PCB-DEX.
Combing Shapes into a PCB
This video that shows you how to make a complicated PCB by combining basic graphical shapes.
Add a Thermal Pad to a Footprint
This video shows you how to add a thermal pad to a footprint to help conduct heat away from the device.
Creating a Power Mosfet Part in PCB-DEX
This video show you how to create a power mosfet device which uses both a custom pad configuration and a custom mosfet symbol.
Manually Routing TPH pads and SMT pads
This video show you how to manually route between TPH pads and SMT pads on different PCB layers in PCB-DEX. It also show you how to add redundant tracks and delete them.
Rotating Footprints on PCBs
This video show you the 4 different ways to rotate parts on your PCB in PCB-DEX.
Schematic Wiring Made Simple
This video shows how wiring parts together in PCB-DEX is embarrassingly simple. Just hold down the left mouse button and drag the wire from the start terminal to the end terminal. PCB-DEX does the rest.
Manual Routing with Automatic Targets
This video show you how to easily route a track/net on a PCB with automatic target suggestions.
Swapping connections for a part on a PCB
This video demonstrates swapping connection to a part with 2 pads on a PCB to improve routing. It also show how to easily lock all footprints in a PCB.
Creating round, rectangular and polygonal pads and offsetting pad holes.
This video shows you how to add round/elliptical, rectangular and polygonal pads to a custom part footprint/land pattern. It also shows you how to offset pad holes.
Creating a simple amplifier using pre-designed circuits.
This video show you how to partition a design into a amplifier sub-system and a separate power sub-system. The design uses pre-designed circuits and show you how to drag and drop them onto sheets to quickly create a sub-system. The sub-system are then connected together and finally the PCB is automatically created. This video uses PCB-DEX and demonstrates schematic design, PCB layout, auto-routing and 3D visualization.
100 Watt Amplifier Design
This video gives you a quick view of the 100W amplifier sample that comes with PCB-DEX. It shows the schematic, PCB and the PCB in 3D. You also get a glimpse of Active3D
Undo/redo and disaster recovery
This video show you how PCB-DEX saves every change you make to a project to a special backup directory. This is the perfect 'Get out of jail free card' if your computer crashes due to power outage etc.
Adding, moving and rotating 3D objects on PCBs
This shows you how to add 3D content to a PCB or part in PCB-DEX It also show you how to move and rotate objects.
Creating a custom potentiometer part
This video show you how to create a part for a Bourns 3362 potentiometer. It show you how to create the custom footprint/land pattern and the custom schematic symbol. It also show you how to import a 3D model and position in. Finally it shows the device being used on a PCB.
Splitting Part Symbols on a Schematic in PCB-DEX
This video shows you how to split the symbol for a part that has already been placed onto a schematic into 3 separate symbols. This is done in order to split the functionality so you can place 3 different symbols for the same part on 3 separate schematics.
Creating a part with 4 schematic symbols (Split part)
This video show you how to create a 4000 CMOS logic device (two triple input NOR gates and an inverter) using PCB-DEX. This demonstrates how to create probably one of the most complex parts for PCB-DEX. Once you master how to create one of these, all other parts will seem easy.
Adding Dimensions To Your Drawings
This video tutorial shows you how to add dimensions to your drawings in PCB-DEX.
Setting a PCB track width from a schematic
This video show you how to set the width of all the tracks in a PCB net from the schematic. It also deonstrates PCB-DEX's PCB Builder and how it takes into account track widths.
One Click PCB board design, layout and auto-routing
This show you how to create a PCB board from a schematic, layout the parts on the PCB, minimize the size of the PCB and auto-route the PCB with a single click.
Autorouting with PCB-DEX
This short demo shows you how to auto-route a PCB in seconds saving you time and money. This leaves you with loads of time to do something more interesting than manual routing.
Automatic Wire Jumpers for Schematics
This video demonstrates how PCB-DEX automatically creates wire jumpers for you when schematic wires cross.
Reference Designators in PCB-DEX
In PCB-DEX you can change the orientation, font and scaling of part reference designators in PCBs and schematics. In schematics you can also change the color.
Adding a Track Jumper in PCB-DEX
This quick demo shows you how to add a jumper to a track to get past an obstacle that you cannot route around using the current layers on the PCB.
Viewing PCBs and Their Internal Structure in PCB-DEX
This video show you how you can view the PCB in 3D from different vantage points with and without parts and even view the internals of the PCB.
Updating PCB-DEX
This video shows you how you can easily update your copy of PCB-DEX. The automatic update is optional and can be turn on or off.
Running PCB-DEX for The First Time
This video gives you a quick overview of PCB-DEX when you run it for the first time.
An Insight into PCB AutoLayout with PCB-DEX
This video gives you an insight into how PCB-DEX automatically lays out parts on a PCB.
Cross Cursors in PCB-DEX
The video show you how to switch between short and full viewport cross cursors in PCB-DEX.
Solder Mask Differences in PCBs
The video show you why the top and bottom solder mask on a PCB with SMT devices will differ and as a consequence your PCB fabricator may charge extra.
Measuring Distances in PCB-DEX
This video show you how you can measure distances between objects in PCB-DEX
The PCB-DEX Settings Panel
This video show you how to view and alter the settings used by PCB-DEX in a simple place - the Settings Panel.
The PCB-DEX File Viewer
This video show you how to view the XML file format used by PCB-DEX. You can make changes to your project and see how the file content changes.
Using the Navigator in PCB-DEX
The navigator in PCB-DEX is a powerful tool that show you your location on large, complex schematics and pcbs and also lets you rapidly locate your part symbols and their footprints on the PCB.
The PCB-DEX Status Bar
This video show you how to view status, zoom in and out and turn on/off smart pan and the display of tooltips.
Using the Color Bar in PCB-DEX
This video show you how to change the line and fill colors of objects in PCB-DEX.
Arranging Viewports in PCB-DEX
This video show you how to arrange the viewports as either tabbed viewports or tiled viewports. It also show you how to float a viewport in PCB-DEX.
The PCB-DEX Workspace
This video gives you a quick overview of the PCB-DEX workspace and show you the different menus and dockable panels. It also describes the tooltips.
Viewing the PCB-DEX Sample Projects
The video demonstrates some of the capabilities of PCB-DEX, including schematic and PCB design together with 3D modeling, front panel design, artwork and diagrams.
Manual Routing with PCB-DEX - 2
This video show you how to practice manual routing with PCB-DEX.
Active 3D Preview for PCB-DEX
An editor for creating 3D parts and editing PCBs in 3D. This is just to give you a taste of what's to come.
Customizing a parametric footprint
This video show you how to take a 4x5 quad PCB-DEX device and add pads and modify pads. It also show you how to add 3D objects.
Adding and Editing Lines with PCB-DEX
This video show you the different methods on adding lines and also how to edit line properties such as line style, color, with and end caps.
Wire and Bus junctions
This video shows you how to set the visibility and size of wire and bus junctions in schematic diagrams in PCB-DEX.
Semi-transparent PCBs
This video show you how to set the transparency of a PCB in PCB-DEX so you can see through to the tracks of a mulit-layer PCB.
3D PCB Viewing in PCB-DEX
This video demonstrates how easy it is to view your PCB in PCB-DEX. Camera slewing is shown.
Schematic, Simulation, PCB Design and Solid Modeling
This video gives you a quick overview of PCB-DEX Design Express and its abilities to perform schematic design, simulation, PCB layout and solid modeling.
PCB Manual Routing
This video shows you how you can manually route a PCB where multiple pads are connected together.
Schematic-PCB Cross Selection in PCB-DEX
This video show you how you can automatically select PCB components and tracks from schematics and similarly select schematic symbols and wires from a PCB.
The PCB-DEX Ribbon Menu Shortcuts
The video demonstrates how to use the PCB-DEX ribbon menu's shortcuts. PCB-DEX is an integrated electronic design program with schematic capture, pcb layout and design together with spice simulation. It also comes complete with 3D output for MCAD.
Hierarchical Top-Down Design
This video demonstrates hierarchical top-down design using PCB-DEX.
Saving Designs for Re-use
In PCB-DEX you can save a design to the library for later re-use. This video show how an amplifier is saved to the library and then re-used.
Re-positioning symbol names and pin number
In PCB-DEX, symbol terminal names and pin numbers can be moved independently of the symbol terminal. This video show you how.
Capturing Pin Details from a PDF
This demonstration will show you how to quickly capture pin details for a schematic symbol from a PDF document. This will also work with text documents.
Marking terminals as no connection required.
This video show you how to mark terminals on schematics as not requiring a connection.
Switch from a ribbon to classic menu in PCB-DEX
This demonstrates switch between Microsoft Office ribbon style menus and classic dropdown menus with toolbars in PCB-DEX.
Using Guides in PCB-DEX
This video demonstrates how to use guides in PCB-DEX to accurately position objects to horizontal, vertical and point guides.
True-type fonts for PCB production
This video demonstrates how you can produce PCBs with professional quality text in contract to the standard 'stick' text produced by most EDA programs.
A Simple Resistor Ladder
This video demonstrates how to create a simple resistor ladder using PCB-DEX.
Automatic wiring using PCB-DEX.
This demonstrates how PCB-DEX automatically rewires your schematic diagrams as you route wires between terminals and move parts.