A |
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| annotations | Allow the electrical and mechanical designers to communicate additional information about the design. They are not intended to be used for manufacturing purpose. |
B |
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| board | A pad with technological properties |
| BOTTOM | The technological property of a board face which makes it the copper plated face |
C |
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| component | An electronic part defined in the electronic schematic and stored in the ECAD component library |
| component status | Describes the position of a component on a board: unplaced: there is no constraint between the component and the board placed: there is a surface contact between the component and the board fixed: there is a fixity constraint between the component and the board Dedicated geometrical constraints are also associated with components and determine whether you can move them. |
| constraint area | A space reservation used for different purposes such as
allowing/forbidding the routing or placing of components etc. When importing an IDF file, each constraint area belongs to a separate body under the PartBody. The separate body is renamed with the constraint area type (ex: PLACE_KEEPOUT). This feature is available on both the board and the manufacturing panel. |
| cutout | A hole or a pocket on a board |
D |
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| drilled hole | A hole used to mount a board in its case |
E |
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| ECAD | Electrical Computer Aided Design |
F |
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| fixed | See component status |
I |
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| IDF | Intermediate Data Format |
M |
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| MCAD | Mechanical Computer Aided Design |
| multi-domain (constraint area) |
A multi-domain
constraint area is a space reservation made up of several elements in
the same body. Each multi-domain constraint area belongs to a separate body
under the PartBody. This feature is available on both the board and manufacturing panel. |
N |
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| NPTH | Non plated: technological property of a hole which is not conductive (mounting hole) |
O |
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| offset | Represents the mounting constraint of a component onto the board. It can also be found between the board and the panel. |
| other outline | Other area type defined by an outline, cutouts and a thickness |
P |
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| panel | Optional file added to IDF 3.0 standard to allow manufacturing information exchange. It contains the manufacturing panel physical description as well as the boards and components location on the panel. |
| placed | See component status |
| place keepout | A mechanical space reservation where the component height is limited |
| place outline | An area where component placing is allowed |
| place region | An area where placing is limited to component of certain types |
| PTH | Plated: technological property of a hole which is conductive |
R |
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| route keepout | An area where routing electrical connections is forbidden |
| route outline | An area where routing electrical connections is allowed |
S |
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| status | See component status |
T |
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| TOP | The technological property of a board face which means it is not the copper plated face |
U |
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| unplaced | See component status |
V |
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| via keepout | An area where placing via is forbidden |
