Software
The ExactCAD catalog
Every tool below installs into Siemens EDA (Xpedition, DxDesigner, DxDataBook) and is built to remove a repetitive step from your day. One package, everything included.
Add Ground Vias
The Add Ground Vias tool allows you to add stitching vias to a trace or shape Adjust Via padstack, span, and separation Toggle DRC on/off while…
Add Shield Walls
Add shield walls is used with RF designs that will have metal or metalized shields covering the RF circuits for EMI protection. The size and shape of…
Align
The align tool is simple, which makes it very versatile: Just select two objects and Align. It’s quick and easy to use, we recommend using it with…
Component Groups
Name a set of components once, then select, modify, outline, or recall it any time — ad-hoc functional groups that persist with your design.
Differential Pair Tuner
The Differential Pair Tuner makes precise length adjustments to the shorter side of a selected set of differential pair traces to equalize their…
Drawing Notes
- Uses a configuration file to automate note creation - Toggle flagged notes, add option fields for variable notes - Choose which notes to include…
Exit 45°
Exit 45 is a tool that helps route differential traces into and out of pins and vias. With its normal settings, Xpedition often adds unneeded jogs…
Join Lines
Trim-and-extend for PCB — make two lines meet cleanly at one shared point with a single keystroke and a click.
Move to Next
Move to Next moves components to the next closest component in any of the 45° increment directions. It’s made to mimic the behavior of the CTRL+Arrow…
Move with Basepoint
Move with Basepoint allows you to move objects with a selection origin that you can snap to any object. The base and destination points will snap to…
Netline Optimizer
Calculate pin swaps to unscramble netlines quickly Netline Optimizer calculates where netlines cross each other, then moves nets to different pins on…
Normalize Lines
One-click clean-up that snaps hand-drawn geometry to a clean angle grid — straighten everything to 45°, 90°, or any angle you choose.
Place Components
The Place Components tool has several functions: Group all components by Schematic Sheet Get the tallest component from a selected group Select all…
Place Designators
Place Designators automates the process of placing Assembly and Silkscreen reference designator text in a PCB design. Depending on company processes…
Replace Vias
Replace Vias — an ExactCAD productivity tool for Siemens EDA.
RF / Power Pin Exit
This is a fast and simple utility that creates a transition between a wide trace and a narrow pad It works well for impedance controlled traces or…
Shapester
Shapester can be used to create and modify many different kinds of design objects at the click of a button. Plane Shapes Route / Plane Obstructs…
Short Vias
This tool makes shorting nets with vias very fast and easy. It does not add any functionality to Xpedition that does not already exist; it just makes…
Snap Vias
Some PCB components have routing guidelines and suggestions in their datasheets. In many such components, locations for ground vias are included. To…
Text Editor
Text Editor — an ExactCAD productivity tool for Siemens EDA.