Cadence Allegro to SolidWorks Translator

AWROUT and Read3Di is a translator from Cadence Allegro to an intelligent 3D model in SolidWorks.

Click on the Cadence Allegro to Solid Works Video to look at the training video showing how to extract and convert board geometry from Allegro and importing it into SolidWorks.

Gerber and ODB++ to SolidWorks Converter

Read3Di along with our NETEX-G is a translator from Gerber/Drill and ODB++ to an intelligent 3D model in SolidWorks.

EDA to MCAD STEP Converter

Artwork is starting to develop a set of translators from 2D EDA data (PCB layout, IC layout and MEMs) into 3D MCAD tools. We have done significant work over the last 6 years in preparation – first with our 3Di database and viewer (used in Cadence SIP family of package and MCM products) and then with the more recent Read3Di software for importing 3Di directly into SolidWorks (using SolidWorks API). This will enable us to write converters from Gerber, ODB++, IPC2581, and GDSII to STEP.
Gerber, ODB++, IPC2581, and GDSII to STEP Converter.

GDSII converter to Solidworks

Artwork has released a new GDSII 2 1/2D interface to SolidWorks. This software enables a user to define a small XY window and to define a layer stackup for a GDSII file. It then extracts all data inside the window, applies the height and thickness information and creates a 3D output.
GDSII Interface to SolidWorks

Gerber and ODB++ to SolidWorks

Artwork has released a new ODB++ and Gerber 3D interface to SolidWorks. Almost every PCB layout system can export ODB++. From this format we can create layer stackups, conductors, pins, components and nets in SolidWorks.
ODB++ Interface to SolidWorks

SolidWorks interface to Gerber and GDSII

Artwork Conversion Software released STL2GBR and STL2GDS, two useful translators for SolidWorks designers who need to make masks for either printed circuit boards (PCBs) or for integrated circuits.
SolidWorks to Gerber and GDSII Converter