We also use Valor for DFM. The tool is as strong as the rules you give it. It is stable. I however haven't used it myself as our PCB layout people deal with it. Thanks,=20 ______________________=20 Nima Lotfi, P. Eng=20 Digital Hardware Design Engineer=20 Nortel > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Ray Anderson > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 8:58 AM > To: steven.salkow@xxxxxxxx; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Stuart, Ken; ronald.s.wong@xxxxxxxx; Ray Anderson > Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Design For Manufacturing assessment Tools for PCB > Designs >=20 >=20 > Steven- >=20 > Have you looked at the Valor DFM tools? See: > http://www.valor.com/SolutionDFM.jsp >=20 > I can't comment on this tools use with PCBs but we do make use of it for > Package substrate designs. (runs on Win XP and interfaces well to > Cadence design databases) >=20 >=20 > -Ray >=20 > Raymond Anderson > Senior Signal Integrity Staff Engineer > Product Technology Department > Advanced Package R&D > Xilinx Inc. >=20 >=20 > -----Original Message----- > From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Salkow, Steven > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 6:10 PM > To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Stuart, Ken; ronald.s.wong@xxxxxxxx > Subject: [SI-LIST] Design For Manufacturing assessment Tools for PCB > Designs >=20 > Colleagues: >=20 >=20 > We have tried Adiva DFM tools here at Lockheed but they are difficult to > use and currently only come in a UNIX version that works poorly with WIN > XP. >=20 > I am interesting in hearing from my peers on experiences with different > possibly better tool for validating PCB designs. We do the back end > design with Allegro 15.2 >=20 > Thanks in advance >=20 > Steven Salkow > Lockheed IS&S > 3130 Zanker Rd, San Jose > Ca. 94588 > (408) 473-4058 > steven.salkow@xxxxxxxx > salkow@xxxxxxxxxxxx >=20 >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe from si-list: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field >=20 > or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: > http://www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list >=20 > For help: > si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field >=20 > List FAQ wiki page is located at: > http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ >=20 > List technical documents are available at: > http://www.si-list.org >=20 > List archives are viewable at: > http://www.freelists.org/archives/si-list > or at our remote archives: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages > Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: > http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu >=20 >=20 ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: http://www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List FAQ wiki page is located at: http://si-list.org/wiki/wiki.pl?Si-List_FAQ List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.org List archives are viewable at: http://www.freelists.org/archives/si-list or at our remote archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list/messages Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu