On the product page, you will see a button that says "Request a Free Trial". Click on this button and fill out the form with your name, email address, company name, phone number, and country. After submitting the form, you will receive an email with a link to download the trial version of interCAD CoWork. The trial version is valid for 30 days and allows you to use all the functions of interCAD CoWork.
How to Use interCAD CoWork
After downloading and installing interCAD CoWork, you can launch it from your desktop or start menu. You will see a user interface with different tabs and buttons. To use interCAD CoWork, you need to have two ECAD tools installed on your computer, such as OrCAD and PADS. You can use interCAD CoWork to perform ECO (Engineering Change Order) between these two tools.
To perform ECO, you need to open the schematic and PCB files of your design project in both ECAD tools. Then, you need to click on the "CoWork" tab in interCAD CoWork and select the source and target tools from the drop-down lists. For example, if you want to perform ECO from OrCAD to PADS, you need to select OrCAD as the source tool and PADS as the target tool.
Next, you need to click on the "Start" button in interCAD CoWork and wait for the process to finish. interCAD CoWork will compare the schematic and PCB files of both tools and generate a session log that shows the changes made. You can view the session log by clicking on the "View Log" button in interCAD CoWork. You can also check and fix any errors using the DRC (Design Rule Check) function in interCAD CoWork.
Finally, you need to save the updated schematic and PCB files in both ECAD tools. You can do this by clicking on the "Save" button in each tool or by using the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+S. You have successfully performed ECO using interCAD CoWork.
Conclusion
interCAD CoWork is a powerful software that can help you to improve your design efficiency and quality by enabling cross-probing, forward (ECO)/back annotation among heterogeneous ECAD tools. You can download and use interCAD CoWork for free for 30 days by visiting the official website of interCAD and requesting a free trial. We hope this article has helped you to learn how to download and use interCAD CoWork for your design projects.
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