Classification by Process Area

A process area indicates the manufacturing process used for assembly of components in a particular area. Process areas can be created for every component of a specific type or mount type, or having a specific attribute, or found within a specific area of a DFx layer.

The process area name is derived from a special layer, whose name is found in the ERF variable process_map_layer_top or process_map_layer_bot. This layer includes the shapes of process areas, with the attribute DFx Area Name containing the name.

Sometimes an area name is composed of a number of process area names. If the combination is longer than allowed by a specific action—typically 64 characters—the combination is replaced by the system-defined name multiple_areas. If the ERF model does not contain a range for a dynamic category like this, all results are reported in blue severity. To see the results, set configuration parameter chk_ignore_blue_sev = no.