Valor DFM

Design for Manufacturing (DFM)

Valor DFM analysis technology can help you identify manufacturing issues without ever leaving Xpedition or halting your PCB design process. Concurrent DFM checks can be run from parts placement to release-to-manufacturing, and DFM reports save time by automating design reviews.

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Design for Manufacturing

It is used to help designers optimize their designs for efficient manufacturing.

Valor DFM can help identify potential manufacturing issues in a design before it goes into production, which can save time and money by reducing the need for design rework and improving the yield of manufactured products. The software can analyze a design and provide feedback on areas such as layout, spacing, and material usage to ensure that the design is optimized for manufacturability.

Validating the PCB design against your suppliers’ capabilities assures highest quality products at the lowest possible costs on the initial release. Learn how easy it is to perform Design for Manufacturing (DFM) analysis concurrent with design using Xpedition DFM, powered by Valor NPI technology.

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Design for Manufacturing

DFM is no longer a post-layout process in PCB design, but considered throughout the shift-left concurrent design flow. From test-point validation to DFM analysis during layout, designers can eliminate errors before PCB assembly. DFM validation ensures a seamless design-to-manufacturing hand-off.

Concurrent design for manufacturability saves time and cost

Results are presented in spreadsheet format, cross-linked to a layout view that automatically zooms and highlights to show each issue in detail. Issue lists can also be exported to popular CAD tools.

Automated DFM analysis

Valor NPI software from Siemens uses expert system logic to automate DFM analysis. High-quality automated DFM analysis is based on a combination of PCB technologies and manufacturing constraints. PCB technology can be automatically determined with intelligent design data.

For example, the copper weight of each layer is critical in the fabrication DFM analysis because of the etch compensation applied and, thus, resultant etch-back are going to vary based on the copper weight used. Letting the DFM software act on each of these constraints automatically saves engineering effort and delivers the desired results consistently for every user, regardless of their manufacturing expertise.

Design for Manufacturing for flexible and rigid-flex circuits

The further into the design process a problem is discovered, the more it costs to rectify. With Valor DFM analysis technology, anyone can run concurrent DFM analysis within Xpedition to locate problems, allowing for instant solutions during the design process. More than 1,000 checks are built in for full coverage.

Accurate and validated data for PCB fabrication

Intelligent data formats such as ODB++ and 2581 enable efficient data exchange. These types of data formats facilitate intelligent communication from engineering to manufacturing and create a digital thread that spans from design to manufacturing, minimizing errors and providing a continuous feedback loop of information from manufacturing back to design.