PCB Fabrication and Assembly Drawing Creation

Formats, text, and dimensions are all easily managed using the various DFM Elements drawing functions. The drawing functions also include scale by area and generate hole drawing. Scale by area can be used to create either a rectangular or a circular scaled figure, with support for both scaling up and scaling down. Generate hole drawing will quickly generate information for all holes in the board or panel, including holes in child boards, child panels, or grandchild boards.

DFM Elements includes an Advanced Design Rules Check For Manufacturability (ADM) client that provides manufacturing checks which support both partial and full design audits. The checks can be run locally from your desktop or from an ADM check server. DFM Elements data can also be read into Zuken’s CR-8000 DFM Center for extended manufacturing checks.

Outputs include photo (RS-274D and RS-274X), drill (Excellon2, G81, Hitachi), DXF, ODB++ and IPC-2581. Since DFM Elements uses the same database as Zuken’s PCB Design tool Design Force, the CAM data output can be compared with the source data to verify that all information has been properly extracted.

Powerful functions allow efficient design of manufacturing panels. Rules are dynamically checked during the design cycle including carrier rail clearances, child-to-panel clearances and child-to-child clearances. Single, multiple or mixed PCBs may be mounted in the same panel, and boards can be flipped to accommodate copper consistency across the panel. Automatic surface generation allows the panel to be flooded with copper and meshed.