PADS PCB Design software
Empowers engineers. Unites teams. Unlocks innovation. A complete PCB design platform that includes board design and analysis technologies, cloud-enabled collaboration, part research and creation, and real-time supply-chain insights.
Why PADS Professional Premium?
Discover why PADS Professional Premium is an affordable, intuitive, easy-to-use PCB design software platform for engineers and small teams worldwide.
Industry proven technology
PADS Professional Premium is reliable and proven, providing cutting edge PCB design capabilities based on the powerful Xpedition technology.
Cloud connected
Flexible, cloud-enabled collaboration, component research, component sourcing, design and analysis management, and manufacturing.
Advanced PCB design
Fully integrated solution that scales based on the size and scope of your project. A complete PCB design platform including rigid flex design, RF technology, FPGA/PCB optimization and Multi-trace HSD tuning.
The PADS Professional Premium ecosystem
Take your electronic designs from prototype to production in one environment. You will have access to PCB design functionality, cloud collaboration and version management, part selection, library creation, component sourcing data and even more tools that enable a complete PCB Design flow.
PCB design and analysis
PADS Professional Premium delivers everything you need to design your simplest to most complex PCB designs. Full function, yet easy to use, with features and technologies like:
- Routing automation
- Rigid-flex
- RF design
- Analog/mixed-signal simulation
- Signal integrity analysis
Supply chain resilience
When creating a schematic, PCB engineers have access to real-time component sourcing data, empowering them to make more informed decisions about their selected components when the cost of making changes is lowest.
Powered by Siemens SupplyFrame and connected to more than 80 suppliers worldwide, you have access to component information, including:
- Pricing
- Compliance
- Availability
- Lifecycle data
Cloud-enabled collaboration
With PADS Professional Premium you can store and access PCB design assets in a secure cloud workspace through any web browser, anywhere, with:
- Built-in versioning
- Project-history summaries
- Check-in comments
Sharing design and BOM data with all project stakeholders and cross-functional team members is effortless and made secure with role-based team management.
Part research and creation
Search for components from an ever-expanding catalog of billions of parts. Easily find the:
- Symbol
- IPC compliant footprint
- 3D model
If the required symbol or footprint for a part is not found, you can use the Part Creation Service to easily request that this library information be created, or you can create custom library elements using either of two wizard-based apps that provide part builder templates for symbols and a guided IPC compliant footprint builder.
ECAD/MCAD co-design
With PADS Professional Premium both the PCB and the mechanical engineer stay in sync, leveraging best-in-class ProSTEP file exchange format (IDX), making collaboration convenient, accurate and effective.
This can be done while both PCB and MCAD designers are working in their own environments. Experience native integration with Siemens NX and SolidEdge or collaborate with some of the other most popular MCAD design tools such as:
- SolidWorks
- Catia
- Creo
PCB manufacturing
Integrated DFM analysis in PADS Professional Premium allows you to identify and correct potential PCB fabrication and assembly issues in the design database before they hit the production floor, eliminating costly manufacturing delays while ensuring the electrical performance of the final product.
PADS Professional Premium Design for Manufacturing allows you to create and optimize assembly panels, regardless of PCB shape, including:
- Adding fiducials
- Tooling holes
- Breakaway tabs
- V-score features
Free on-demand learning
A complete portfolio of learning paths for schematic design, constraint definition, PCB layout, and library creation and management.
- Included with a PADS Professional Premium subscription
- Access to cloud-based environment for hands-on lab exercises
- Access to new training content added during the subscription period
- Knowledge assessments to measure learning progress
PADS Professional Premium accelerates PCB design
“PADS Professional Premium allows you to have that engineer next-to-you experience – so you can flag an area of the board and quiz that component in a web browser.”
-Ben Dowding, CEO and lead engineer Taylor Dowding Innovation Ltd.
PADS Professional for Startup Companies
The PADS Professional for Startups program provides eligible startups with discounted access to a complete solution for PCB design software, including schematic and layout with integrated design data management, component research, and real-time component sourcing knowledge.
