Creating Parametrized 3D Components

Ref: http://edadocs.software.keysight.com/display/empro201101/Creating+Parametrized+3D+Components

In this section, you will create parametrized 3D Components. As an example, a box is placed on four feet. The
height of the box is determined by a parameter defined in EMPro during the modeling phase. This parameter will
be extracted from the 3D model and placed into the 3D component. The component will present itself in the ADS
Layout as a component with the extra parameter height. Changing the value of this parameter will be reflected
in the final 3D model and can be verified by using the 3D Viewer from ADS. However, there is a limitation of the
2D footprint not getting updated.

Creating a Parametrized Geometry

1. Open the Geometry View and select the Extrude operation under the set of Create operations.

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3. Select the Rectangle Tool and draw a rectangle of 2 mm by 2 mm.

4. Drag the mouse pointer to the opposite corners of the foot to create the rectangle.
5. Repeat the operation four times to create a set of 4 equally spaced boxes. Your sketch should look like the picture
below.

6. Choose the Extrude tab of the operation and enter 0.5 mm as value for the Extrude Distance.

7. After clicking Done, the geometry view displays the extrude set of boxes that act as the feet for the top box.
8. Create a box that will serve as the top box. This box will be located on top of the feet. Select the Extrude operation
once more. To specify the origin of the model, use the Specify Orientation tab. Click the arrow icon to pop up a
set of tools to specify the new orientation of the model easily. Select the Origin tool to specify the origin of the
sketch you are about to make.

9. Using the Origin tool, click on the top vertex of the left-bottom foot. After selecting the required vertex, click the
left mouse button to fix the origin.

10. The new orientation is displayed as a tri-axis on the corner of the foot.
11. Choose the Edit Cross Section tab to draw the sketch marking the top box as below.

12. Select the Extrude tab and enter the Extrude Distance. Enter the name package_height. The edit box will turn
red as soon as the focus is shifted away from the edit box or when you press Enter. This indicates that the value
is interpreted as an expression containing an unknown parameter. For now, ignore this, and continue by
clicking Done. The geometry view will not show the top box as the modeling sequence contains the unknown
parameter package_height. Add this parameter by bringing the Parameter window into the view. Add a
parameter by selecting the + symbol on the top of the window.
13. Add the parameter package_height and give it a value of 1 mm.

14. As soon as you have applied the new parameter the geometry view will reflect this and show the complete top
box.

Now, the parameterized geometry is ready to be put into a 3D Component.

Creating a 3D Component
To create a 3D component, you need to follow these basic steps:

• Define your design (geometry and materials)

• Create a Library Component definition of your design
• Promote your Library Component definition to 3D Component
• Define the Artwork view for use in ADS Layout.
• Verify the validity of the 3D Component.
• Export the 3D Component in an ADS Compressed Design Kit.

To do this:

1. Add a new Assembly by using the context menu on the top level Parts and choose Create New > Assembly.
Drag the two generated models into the Assembly.
2. Assign materials to the various parts of the geometry as desired. To assign a material, first one must be created
or selected from the Material Library. Open Material Library by using the context menu on the Materials in
the project tree.

3. Scroll through the list of materials and select Copper, double clicking on the item will add it to the project tree.
4. Close the Material Library window by clicking Exit.
5. Select the material Copper in the project tree and drag it onto the geometry. Not all materials are supported by
the 3D Component due to limitations of FEM, the engine that will be used by ADS Layout to perform the
simulation. The validity check will, however, warn you about this.

6. Use the context menu on the Assembly that was created. Choose Assembly > Create Definition.
7. Right click the new definition, and select 3D Component > Create 3D Component, as shown in the following
figure:
8. The name of the Assembly will be the name of the component in ADS Layout. You can change the name according
to your requirements. Specify MyParameterizedBlock as the name.
9. Select Definitions > Library Component Definitions to view the child item, which is as 3D Component.
10. Use the context menu to promote the definition to a 3D Component.
11. Double-click 3D Component to customize the 3D Component and prepare it for export to ADS Layout.

12. To create a valid 3D Component an artwork view must be defined. Note that the validity of the 3D Component
can be verified at all times. Doing it at this moment will give the error message that the 3D Component is missing
a footprint.
13. At this point, the 3D content of the 3D Component is finished. Now, you need to create a representation for the
3D Component for use and display in the ADS Layout, the so called artwork view. To do this, a number of cross-
sections of the 3D geometry will be used. Initially, the value of the slice height is set at the bottom of the bounding
box of the geometry. For our purpose, this height will serve: add the cross-section by using the Add button. This
result will as a set of 4 boxes.

14. Now add another slice that will serve as artwork view for the top box. Do this by moving the XY plane up using
the spinners on the user interface. Move them above the height of the lower feet.

While you spin the height a purple plane will move in the geometry view to indicate the height of the selection.

The range of the spinner is limited between the bottom and top of the bounding box of all geometry contained within
the 3D Component. Note that when there is no geometry present in the component container that the spinner will
be disabled. After you have completed the sequence of adding the two cross-sections to the 3D Component, the lower
pane of the user interface should look like:

15. It is important to know that the 3D Component is referenced to the absolute origin. To show this reference
point, select the checkbox Show ADS Layout Reference Position.

As soon as you select the checkbox, the geometry view will show two arrows with markup to indicate the absolute
origin of the 3D Component.

16. Verify the component by using the Verify Validity of Component. It should show up with a green check mark
indicating success.

17. Click the Export button to export the 3D Component into an ADS Compressed Design Kit.
18. Specify a name for the design kit in the File dialog box opens. You can select an existing ADS Design Kit with 3D
Components, which is not a general Design Kit. In that case, the component will be added to the Design Kit and
in case there exists already a component with the same name, the existing component will be replaced.