A model based enterprise approach in electronics manufacturing: Predictive environment for visualization of electromechanical virtual validation

Model-based enterprise, as the name implies, utilizes three-dimensional (3D) high fidelity models to drive and enable all functions of an enterprise. While many leading manufacturers make extensive use of modeling and simulation tools in their engineering and business processes, model-based enterprise concept represents a sweeping change in the technological foundation, business processes and culture of the enterprise. In this work, a new interactive and immerse model-based manufacturing tool is developed to access manufacturability, reliability and virtual performance of printed circuit boards in electronics manufacturing. The predictive environment for visualization of electromechanical virtual validation (PREVIEW) is a high fidelity 3D environment enables virtual test including physics-based models such as electromagnetic compatibility and thermal character tics. Features of the developed tool are demonstrated and sample test runs are presented in this paper.