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Verification User Guides
This section contains the user guides for the following tools: DFA, DFE, DFE+, DFM, and Logic DFE.
DFM
PollEx DFM is a board level manufacturability checking software.
Result
DFM Result Confirmation
Confirm and receive the results when the selected test is completed.

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View new features for PollEx 2024.1.
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PollEx User Guides
Discover PollEx functionality with comprehensive user guides.
- Manufacture User Guides
  This section contains the user guides for the following tools: Block JIG Generator, Compare GDSII, Gerber to PCB, Make Board Paneling, Metal Mask Manager, Mounting Data Extractor, Mounting Emulator, Router-Machine JIG Generator, Solder Quantity Calculator, Soldering Pallet, Test Point Location Generator, and Underfill.
- Modeler User Guides
  This section contains the user guides for the following tools: BOM, CAM, Component Arrangement Plan, CP, Golden Sample, Logic, PCB, Redmark+, and Worksheet Planner.
- Solver User Guides
  This section contains the user guides for the following tools: PI, SI, SI Explorer, and Thermal.
- Verification User Guides
  This section contains the user guides for the following tools: DFA, DFE, DFE+, DFM, and Logic DFE.
  - DFA
    PollEx DFA is an assembly status checking toolset for PCB design based on 3D package library.
  - DFE
  - DFE+
    PollEx DFE+ is a fully automated SI analysis tool.
  - DFM
    PollEx DFM is a board level manufacturability checking software.
    - Start DFM
      From the menu bar, click Option > DFM > Input after reading the design file to make a DFM input file.
    - Component Classification
    - Check Item Category
    - Result
      - Basic Excel Format
        Use this format to divide the result data into sheets by category.
      - Cross-Probe with Excel Result
        Cross-probe between the PollEx PCB and the Excel report.
      - DFM Result Confirmation
        Confirm and receive the results when the selected test is completed.
      - User Defined Excel Format
        Use this format to define each category as needed and display the categories in one sheet.
    - Lock Input Setup
      Lock the DFM input rule file (*.DFMI) to prevent any modifications from others.
  - Logic DFE
    PollEx Logic DFE is a toolset that checks electrical validity and standardizing of schematic design.
  - Technical Cleanliness
    PollEx Technical Cleanliness (TC) is an optional module of the PollEx PCB and a reliability analysis tool set for hazardous areas on a PCB design, using its micro particles.
- UPE User Guides
  This section contains the PollEx UPE user guide.
PollEx Installation Guide
Instruction to install PollEx 2024.1.
Character String Search Rule
Definition for meta character using in making sentence for searching option.

DFM Result Confirmation

Confirm and receive the results when the selected test is completed.

The result file has a DFMR extension and is only viewable after the procedure. The result can be sent to another person who requests the result data, and identical results can be viewed by that person as well.

More detailed information on the initial result window:

Verified Item List: Contains the test categories and organized in a tree-structure.
Save: Click Save to save the result data.
Load: Click Load to load the result data in DFMR format. The saved result data can be sent to others separately.
View Input: Click View Input to confirm the selected test conditions.
Export: Click Export to save the result data in an Excel file format. There are six ways to save in an Excel format, as shown below.
Figure 1. Export Option Example
- Basic Excel Format: Export the DFM checking results to Excel. Each result is recorded in the spread sheets.
- User Defined Excel Format: Export the DFM checking results to Excel with a user defined format.
- User Defined Excel Format For Statistics: Export the DFM checking results to Excel with the statistics of passes and fails on each checked item including sub-checked items. Use this function to extract statistics of the checked item.
- Export Result Table: Export the DFM checking results to Excel with each sub-checked item in the spread sheets.
- Export Result Log: Export the DFM checking results as a log file.
- Accumulated Result: Export the accumulated DFM checking results of the statistics.
Home: Click HOME to return to the main result list display.