The Assembly Checker is part of the PCBA Visualizer and provides information on issues found between the PCB layout and the Component Placement List (CPL).
These are displayed as text (type issue and number of occurrences) in a table format and can also be viewed graphically.
The Assembly Checker allows you to review any of the issues found between the PCB data and the BOM/CPL data, for example:
The Assembly Checker is only available once you have uploaded the PCB, BOM and CPL data and either Basic Analysis or Full Analysis has been performed.
We recommend running a Full PCB Analysis before using the Assembly Checker.
In the Assembly Checker click on the issue in the Issues section and review the details in the Fault view section.
Use the CPL Editor to resolve issues where possible or upload new data if necessary.
First, Sign in to your Eurocircuits User Account.
From the Shopping basket select the job you want to review and open the PCB Visualizer.
This can be done by either:
Clicking on the Assembly Visualizer column of the appropriate Shopping basket item.
Or
Checking the box at the start of the row of the appropriate Shopping basket item and clicking on the Modify button above.
Then clicking on the PCBA Visualizer tab.
Either method will open the PCBA Visualizer which will show a list of the parts uploaded from your BOM file.
Next select the Assembly Checker button.
This will open the Assembly Editor window.
At the top left of the window there are 2 tabs:
You can switch between the CPL Editor and Assembly Checker by simply clicking on the appropriate tab.
There are 3 sections in the Assembly Checker window:
Additional parameters are:
This section displays the type of issues found such as:
Below each issue, it identifies the associated layer (Layer) and the number of times (Values) the issue occurs.
Example – Multiple Issues
Example – Single Issue
If you click on any of the issues it will place the issue in the centre of the Detail view section and display the first occurrence of the issue in the Fault view section.
The Fault view will provide details of the issue selected in the Issues section; it also shows the number of occurrences of that specific issue.
The issue selected is displayed in the Current issue box and you can move to the next occurrence of that issue by clicking the arrows (left or right).
In this box the issue selected will be displayed graphically and at the same time the issue will be centralised in the Detailed view section, the component designator will also be displayed.
Alongside the component designator there is the CPL button, this will open the CPL Editor
displaying the component and the current information available.
In addition, if information is available for the part the PDF icon 
will be displayed (next to the CPL button), click on it to access the information available (this may open a file from another website).
This allows you to view the PCB (graphically) and review the issues found, as you scroll through the issues in the Fault view each occurrence will be highlighted and displayed in the centre of the Detailed view.
At the top left of the Detailed view section are the available tools:
The following functions are available in the Viewport, simply click on the required icon to activate the function.
Total view – Display all data in the board outline.
Zoom in – with a factor x2. The image centre point is unchanged.
Zoom out – with a factor x. The image centre point is unchanged.
Pan left – Moves the viewport to the left, which moves the image to the right.
Pan right – Moves the viewport to the right, which moves the image to the left.
Pan up – Moves the viewport up, which moves the image down.
Pan down – Moves the viewport down, which moves the image up.
In addition, these functions can also be performed by using the mouse:
The following functions are available in the Viewport, simply click on the required icon to activate/deactivate the function.
Object info
When activated information is displayed about the object at the mouse location in the top left corner.
The information contains the shape and position info along with the layer on which the object is found.
If there are multiple objects available at the same location, click the right mouse button to display the information on the next object in the stack. Objects from all selected layers can be queried.
To deactivate this function, press the ESC key, click the button again or select another function.
Measure object clearances
If this function is active, you can select 2 different objects and measure the clearance between both.
Move the mouse over the first object and click to lock the first object. In case multiple objects overlap, you can click the right mouse button to highlight the next object in the stack before selecting it.
Then move the mouse over the second object. Information about both objects is displayed together with the clearance between both objects.
To deactivate this function, press the ESC key, click the button again or select another function.
Measure point distance
If this function is active, you can select 2 different points and measure the clearance between them.
Move the mouse to the location of the first point, an orange cross cursor will snap to special points in the data set, e.g., centre points of flashes or start and end points of lines.
To override the snapping functionality, hold the Shift key pressed. Click to lock the first point.
Then move the mouse to define a second point. The coordinates of both points are displayed together with the distance between both points. Using this method, it is possible to measure e.g., the pitch of a component.
To deactivate this function, press the ESC key, click the button again or select another function.
Board view
These buttons reset the zoom of the Detailed view to display the full PCB.
Output
To output the current image in the Detailed view click on the preferred format.
