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HQDFM PCB Design Analysis Tool User Manual

Posted:06:38 PM June 05, 2025 writer: Carmen Zheng
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HQDFM User Manual

Version 1

 
PCB Design Analysis Tool


The full HQDFM user guide is now available! Download the PDF manual for installation and usage instructions, DFM guidelines and expert PCB design tips. Whether you are a PCB designer, contract manufacturer (CM) or procurement manager, from viewing Gerber files to in-depth DFM analysis, this manual covers it all!

Contents:

  • How to install HQDFM
  • How to view Gerber files
  • How to perform DFM and DFA checks with examples
  • PCB tool usage including impedance calculator, Gerber panelizer, Gerber comparison tool, PCB cost calculator and more

New to version 4.6:

  • KiCad Gerber viewer
  • More DFA Analysis checks
  • Bug fixes and interface improvements

About HQDFM

HQDFM is a PCB file viewer and DFM tool from NextPCB with advanced design for manufacturing and assembly (DFM and DFA) capabilities and PCB design tools covering design, manufacture and analysis. 

HQDFM supports all major design formats including Altium Gerber files, Eagle Gerber files and files in Gerber RS-274x and Gerber X2 format from most PCB Design Software including OrCAD/Allegro, DipTrace, DesignSpark, EasyEDA and more.

In addition to viewing Gerber files, HQDFM also serves as an ODB++ viewer and KiCad viewer for KiCad PCB (.kicad_pcb) files as well as KiCad Gerber files. 

HQDFM's Design for manufacture capabilities covers a checklist of DFM guidelines from signal integrity to footprint analysis and footprint checking.

Download HQDFM

The online Gerber viewer version of HQDFM is also available here.
 

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