ECAD/MCAD Collaboration - Rigid-Flex boards

[avillanueva]

I've played the module some and see that this relies on borrowed functionality from sheetmetal.  With that, it comes with the restriction of a common wall thickness for the entire board.  In reality, flexible regions have a thinner wall thickness than the rigid sections.  A rigid section might be .093" while a flex region would be .020. Is this on the docket for enhancements or just the way it is?

[tbraxton]

I am not totally up to date on the latest functionality in Creo 4.

In the past I have used separate part models to represent the flex and rigid substrates and then created an assembly of these parts to represent the rigid/flex assembly design.

[avillanueva · Accepted solution]

After working with PTC Tech Support and playing with features, it appears that rigid flex is a common wall thickness in Creo. The design must also start in Creo. You cannot create a board with rigid flex from scratch from an IDX files. At least this is so in Creo 4.0. Bummer.