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Welcome
Understand the web application user interface and learn how to navigate the features and functionalities.
Using the viewer
Use the viewer to explore, compare, and inspect the PCB designs in 2D from a top or bottom view.
Cross-select entities
This example shows you how to cross-probe PCB entities between the interactive tables and the viewer.

What's New
This section communicates updates to the NX PCB Exchange Connect web application.
Welcome
Understand the web application user interface and learn how to navigate the features and functionalities.
- Welcome to NX PCB Exchange Connect
  The NX PCB Exchange Connect web application provides designers using mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD) and electronic computer-aided design (ECAD) software with dynamic views of the printed circuit board (PCB) design state.
- Navigating the app
  The NX PCB Exchange Connect user interface uses key engineering parameters from the loaded PCB design that you can compare and visualize in a tabular or graphical format.
- Using interactive tables
  You can customize the data displayed in the interactive tables to better present and explore them.
- Using the viewer
  Use the viewer to explore, compare, and inspect the PCB designs in 2D from a top or bottom view.
  - Viewer interface
    The commands on the Viewer tab let you visualize the PCB entities and their attributes when using the assembly, comparison, and collaboration functionalities.
  - Validate clearance between PCB entities
    This example shows you how to use the 2D viewer features to measure the distance between two PCB entities.
  - Cross-select entities
    This example shows you how to cross-probe PCB entities between the interactive tables and the viewer.
- Loading PCB design files
  NX PCB Exchange Connect lets you access key engineering PCB parameters and visualize PC boards and panels from PCB design files.
Help
This section instructs you how to contact customer support for the app and this help, and provides some troubleshooting tips.
Assembly
The assembly functionality lets you explore, visualize, and measure the PCB entities, such as stack-up zones and layers, nets, restriction areas, components, and drilled holes, in the loaded PCB design.
Compare
The comparison functionality lets you compare two revisions of a PCB design to understand changes in PCB entities graphically and explore their attributes in interactive tables.
Collaboration
The collaboration history functionality lets you review changes, updates, and collaborations that occurred during the PCB design process.
Installation
This section instructs you how to install NX PCB Exchange Connect services and web application, including this help collection.
Administration
This section instructs you how to administer NX PCB Exchange Connect and update NX PCB Exchange Connect services and web application.
Settings
The settings options let you edit the application preferences and customize its various aspects, such as the display.

Cross-select entities

This example shows you how to cross-probe PCB entities between the interactive tables and the viewer.

When using the assembly, comparison, or collaboration functionality, you can explore the PCB design by selecting an entity from an interactive table and graphically highlight it in the viewer. In this example, you explore a difference in one PCB restriction area of two PCB designs on the Compare main page.

On the Compare loading page, open the two PCB designs.
On the Compare main page, click the Areas tab.
In the interactive table, click Filters to open the Filters toolbox.
Expand the Status group and clear the Select All check box to filter the components by status.
Select the New check box to display only the new restriction areas in the design.
The PCB design has two new copper areas.
In the interactive table, select both added areas.
On the main page, click the Viewer tab to display the 2D layout of the PCB design.
On the viewer command ribbon, click Selection Toolbox .
In the Selection toolbox, notice that the PCB entities you selected in the interactive table now display under the Selected Objects list. These objects are displayed in grey on top of the other visible objects in the viewer.
From the Selected Objects list, select any entity to highlight it on the PCB design.
The application highlights the border of the selected entity on the 2D layout of the PCB design. You can also define a custom color to highlight elements you select on the Settings page.
On the viewer command ribbon, click Overlays Toolbox .
In the Overlays toolbox, expand the Comparison Results > Areas Changes groups.
Next to the entity name, click to zoom in to the selected entity.

You can use the search box to limit the list of available area changes.

The application displays a close up of the PCB entity, which you can inspect in greater detail.
On the viewer command ribbon, click Reset Camera View to return to the original view of the model.