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The DRC Software Feature is part of All our Master Designer Suites. Master PCB Designer Master IC Test Designer Master Foundry Designer Get DRC and other related tools when you purchase one of these suites.

The first rule while designing is to always maintain clearance requirements while doing layouts.

CDS has the perfect real time DRC engine and global design checking tool set to maintain this rule.

CAD Design Software's Design Rule Checker is the real power behind CAD Design Software's accurate and real time clearance checking technologies. Auto-routing and other automatic tools use this real time design rule check engine to produce precision accuracy down to fractions of a micron.

Unlimited number of design rules set with dialog boxes. Any distance rule may be set between any two entities globally, by net, by class, or by layer. Hierarchical rules and settings are similar to the SPECCTRA® autorouter. Rules may be read in or saved to a data file and are stored in the drawing. Flagged errors are automatically zoomed to when the error is selected in the View Errors dialog box. Each error pointer also contains the error information for easy viewing. Areas for defining errors include: board edge, component outline, bond wires, ground-plane edge, pads, all SMT terminal types, traces, through vias, blind vias, holes, mounting holes, dielectric, silk screen, and user definable entities. You begin by selecting the nets and layers you want DRC Pro to check. You may choose all of your nets, classes of nets, or a single net. Rules may be set between classes to check with all layers, selected layers or layer-to-layer configuration. After selecting nets and layers, you set clearance rules from any object to any other object and specify a minimum clearance to check. Many rule sets may be made and stored in the same layout and run simultaneously. Errors may be marked as acceptable and may be masked or unmasked. A list of all rules and errors may be printed out.

Key Features Include:

1. Unlimited custom entity-to-entity checking
   
   
2. Save custom DRC settings in a file
   
   
3. View and automatically zoom to errors for correction
   
   
4. The Ignore Errors Less Than feature screens out insignificant minute errors not worth reviewing.
   
   
5. By grouping nets of different voltage potentials into classes, class-to-class rules may be set up for each voltage differential to enable checking of complex high-voltage power supplies.
   
   
6. Hierarchical rule setting
   

• DE command lists data on selected Error Flags

• Unlimited custom entity-to-entity checking

• User definable classes

• Save custom DRC settings in a file

• Displays all rules in a grid

• View and automatically zoom to errors for correction

• Error isolation

• Hierarchical rule setting

• Error information attached to each error flag

• Definable minimum clearances

• Settings stored in drawing database

• All errors are flagged

• Lists all rule categories set.

• The Ignore Errors Less Than feature screens out insignificant minute errors not worth reviewing.

• Standard and custom layers are configurable by the user.

• Rules may be set to check clearance between any two entities on the PCB.

• By grouping nets of different voltage potentials into classes, class-to-class rules may be set up for each voltage differential to enable checking of complex high-voltage power supplies.

• User definable classes can be set up for special class or class- to-class rules.

• Easy-to-use dialog box controls.

• Unlimited configuration of net-to-net and layer-to-layer checking.