Reducing design iterations saves you time and money. P-CAD 2006 includes extensive Design Rule Checking (DRC) features that ensure your board's integrity through to manufacture. The batch DRC checks for clearance, silk-screen, copper pour, drill, plane, text, board edge clearance, and netlist violations. It also checks for unrouted nets, unconnected pins, and 'less-than-complete' electrical connections.
You can check clearances layer-by-layer and item-to-item to ensure your minimum clearances are met in all circumstances.
P-CAD 2006 includes hierarchical design rules for class-to-class, net, net class, and design level precedence. To find, evaluate and fix errors quickly and efficiently, DRC error indicators track error type and location. Combined with P-CAD 2006's sophisticated filtering and error validation features, these error markers pinpoint trouble spots fast.
P-CAD 2006 also includes a powerful on-line DRC features that monitors design rules as you move or place items, allowing you to correct errors on-the-fly. Instant violation notification reduces overall design time and re-work.
Design verification highlights:
- Full design rule, DRC and reporting support for test points
- Online clearance rules checking during manual and interactive routing
- Hierarchical design rules for class-to-class, net, net class, and design level precedence
- User-defined pad-to-pad, pad-to-line, pad-to-via, line-to-line, line-to-via, and via-to-via clearances
- Layer-by-layer clearance checking
- Flag less-than-complete electrical connections
- Blind/buried via connectivity check
- Check routed trace width against width attribute
- Error indicators track error type and location


