Design for Manufacturing (DFM) Early engineering involvement and collaboration with manufacturing is key to creating a reliable and cost-effective design. Full DFM support If your mission is to create a robust, reliable and cost effective design, and get it right the first time – we have a staff of senior application engineers (FAEs) that will act as your manufacturing consultants. Our FAEs will provide a comprehensive review of your design including an analysis of the DRC results, review of the stackup and a discussion of material options. The final DFM report will summarize all of this and include recommendations for design improvements and a final assessment of yield. Data review Our DFM software automatically reviews all of the critical attributes in your design using best in class Design Rule Check (DRC) algorithms. It then analyzes your data and checks it against critical design and manufacturing attributes that correspond to IPC design rule guidelines. Design for assembly Over 90% of design projects unknowingly are submitted with errors that inhibit seamless, quick PCB assembly. Our design-for-assembly (DFA) software along with IPC trained engineers verify that your parts can be successfully mounted. How it works Design data is extracted from the Gerbers, XYRS and BOM files and used to create a PDF image or “virtual” image of your design. Next, our engineering team reviews the design to verify part fit and rotation. Almost all potential errors are caught and corrected prior to assembly. Customers are notified if errors are found and given the opportunity to confirm final design.