- [Instructor] Once I'm happy with
my PCB design project here,
some of the last steps might be
to generate some final outputs.
So, what I can do is just navigate
to my outputs tab here,
and you can see I have a whole number
of different output tools to generate
the specific outputs I may need.
So, of course, I can do a PDF output
of my schematics,
or my PCB Gerber files,
export a 3D model,
and a whole bunch of options here.
So, I can choose each of these one-by-one
to suit my specific needs,
or what I like to do in a lot of cases,
if I navigate over to my home tab,
and hit this project drop down here,
I also have this generate outputs.
So, this is very useful to me
as I can generate a whole bunch of different outputs
all in one step.
So, I can turn on 10, 15, 20 of my outputs,
and do them all in one nice step here.
So, I just turn on or off whatever I may need
with the checkboxes here.
In this case,
I'm gonna turn on maybe a bill of materials,
schematic print, PCB print, Gerber files,
some drill files, assembly files,
pick and place, and even my design rule checks
I can turn on as well,
and maybe export a STEP 3D model.
So, of course, turn on or off whatever you may require
for your specific needs there,
and I also have the ability to configure these
to fit my needs.
So each companies bill of materials, for example,
would be slightly different, of course.
So, I can just go into configure here,
and I can configure, or customize,
my final outputs as required.
So, for the bill of material, as an example,
I could add columns, or remove columns,
or change the order of specific columns
that are coming into my bill of materials,
and things like that.
And once I'm happy,
just finish it off, and say okay.
And, I have the similar ability to configure
and customize each of my final output files,
and once I'm happy with all my customizations,
and all the reports that I've turned on here,
I can just hit generate.
And, so this is going to generate all
of those final output files in
a single command here you're seeing.
It's gonna take a few minutes, of course,
depending on how many final outputs you've selected,
and how large your completed project is, of course.
It's kind of running through everything,
running through all the design rule checks,
generating a whole bunch of documents,
so in just one push of a button here,
I'm gonna generate about 10 or so final output files.
It looks like now everything has passed,
and been generated here.
So, it's just generated a whole bunch
of output files for me here.
So, maybe let's take a quick look,
if we can see some of these here.
K, so this is just where I've saved out
my output files,
but, of course, you could save your outputs
wherever you'd like.
So, I have a whole number of my outputs here.
Take a quick look maybe at the bill of material,
and maybe the final PDF as well that I've output.
So, here's a PDF of the final project.
I have my schematic output there.
I have my PCB board layout output,
my 3D output if I'd like.
Again, this is just what I've turned on,
and what I've configured in my outputs.
Of course, yours may be customized
for your own needs there.
And, here's the design rule checks,
bill of materials, and everything here.
And, we also get a nice bill of materials
just in an Excel file if you'd like,
and again, you can customize and configure this
to suit your own specific needs.
So, you can see a very simple process
to generate your output files,
either one at a time using the output tabs,
or sometimes I prefer use the home tab,
project drop down, generate outputs,
to generate a whole bunch of final outputs
all in one step.