Valor NPI has the most comprehensive set of DFM checks in the industry, assuring your designs can be easily fabricated, assembled and tested by your suppliers in accordance with their capabilities.

Valor NPI can be used to analyze all of your design technologies – FR4, rigid/flex, flex and even packaging substrates. With an integrated parts library, you can not only check component spacing but also validate solder joints, including for all your alternate parts.

The component risk assessment feature is one of the most powerful ways to leverage intelligent design for manufacturing within your design cycle . Valor NPI’s component risk assessment feature calculates the risk of failure based upon Siemens' 350 billion component Valor Parts Library.

The feature provides assembly risk ratings for individual components. These can be reviewed individually on a part-by-part basis, or compiled together to be viewed within the full BOM, identifying the frequency and ratio of high risk to low risk components. This detailed look into the assembly process of a board allows a team to make BOM decisions early to ensure designs start with high yields and greater reliability in mind.

With Siemens’ PCBflow cloud platform, Valor NPI users can reference the digital twin of their manufacturing partners’ process capabilities. By referencing the suppliers’ DFM Profiles, Valor NPI users are assured that their designs can be manufactured by their suppliers without issue, delay or unexpected costs.

Valor NPI has the ability to create an optimized assembly array including all the necessary features such as breakaway tabs, fiducials and tooling holes. Additionally, designers can perform a DFM analysis of the assembly array to identify any potential manufacturability issues with the array.