Adding one more note to what Chris mentioned below... Newly integrated with Allegro, Cadence Sigrity SPEED2000 also has a layout checker based on electrical rules and field solutions that can check for non-ideal reference plane-aware impedance and crosstalk for all critical nets. For more info please refer to: http://www.cadence.com/rl/Resources/datasheets/Cadence_Sigrity_Speed2000_DS.pdf Regards, Chase ---------------------- Yun Chase | SPB Sr. Staff Application Engineer | Cadence P: 508.565.8080 www.cadence.com -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cotton, Chris Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 10:25 AM To: 'ifridman@xxxxxxxxxxxx'; si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Re: Reference planes contuniety and margininality Cadence Allegro (i.e., 16.6) has a "Segments Over Voids" check which generates a report of such disccontinuities. I have not used this extensively but more for sanity checks. You may want to try this. Chris -----Original Message----- From: si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:si-list-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Igal Fridman Sent: Monday, March 16, 2015 6:18 AM To: si-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [SI-LIST] Reference planes contuniety and margininality Hi folks, I think everyone is familiar with importance of reference part continuity and sufficient margin from signal edge (due to manufacturing miss-registration, return path etc.). The layout inspection usually is done visually. Could you advise me on existence of the feature in any CAD or dedicated scripts that checks it? Thank you, Igal Fridman, SIE ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List forum is accessible at: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/si-list List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu