FAB 3000 is very easy to use and provides the most elegant Gerber viewing environment available. Unique features such as "object hover" instantly highlight objects and provides all the detailed information you need with a simple movement of your mouse!

PCB layouts can be placed into tabbed windows for easy organization and design comparison. Runs on Windows and Linux.

Load all your Gerbers and Drill Data with one click!  FAB 3000 can automatically import all Gerber files(RS-274D, 274X, Fire9000), Drill, HPGL, and aperture list formats.  Simply select a folder that contains your data, and let FAB 3000 do the rest

With just a few clicks, you instantly know if your gerber files are ready! If there are any manufacturing problems detected, an elegant PDF is created. Here's a Sample Quick DFM PDF file

With Quick DFM, there's no need to first upload your proprietary designs to a board shop and wait for their response. Get your complete DFM report NOW, detailing ALL DFM violations with X,Y locations. Watch how Easy it is to use Quick DFM

Find All Manufacturing Violations!  FAB 3000 promptly checks your gerber designs for all potential manufacturing and assembly problems. Checks include: Acid Traps, Minimum Spacing, Thermal Conflicts, Power/Ground shorts, Starved Thermals, Solder Bridges, Mask Slivers, Silkscreen over mask, and much more. 

Click Here to View a Sample DRC Violations Report.

There's no limit! Silkscreen Optimizer, Copper Balancing, Etch Compensation, Pin Hole Elimination, Teardrop/Snowman, Remove Isolated/Stacked Pads, Copper Area Calculation, and much more!

Take control of your data! Copy, Move, Mirror, Rotate, Array, Change DCode and Layers, Delete, Scale, Explode, Draw to Flash, Convert to Polygons, Stretch, 2D-Boolean Operations, and much more.

Keep the Intelligence. Read & Write Valor's intelligent database ODB++.  Improves interoperability between CAD, Fabrication, and Assembly. Loads Nets, Components, and all other attributes.

Easily Read & Write AutoCAD DXF files inside FAB 3000. Automatically join lines/arcs, de-embed polygons, convert any TrueType font, and more. Supports AutoCAD 12 to 2011!

Ensure Your Design Integrity.  Nowadays there is an ever growing need to verify PCB designs electrically. Netlist comparison is the most efficient and reliable method of ensuring design integrity has been maintained.

Convert Pads in a Flash!  Need to quickly convert drawn pads to flashes? How about advanced flash modification features like: HomeBase Pad Conversions, Splitting Pads, or adding Epoxy bars.  FAB 3000 has all the tools you need.

Why Pay More for PCB Fabrication?!  Easily panelize several PCB jobs together so they can be manufactured simultaneously - saving you $$$ on fabrication costs.  On Export, FAB 3000 automatically performs all object transformations, dcode & drill tool transcoding.

Optimize Panel Size & Space.  FAB 3000 finds the most optimal panel layouts for any pcb.  In many cases customers using Panelize Wizard will be able to squeeze 1-5 more boards on a panel, thereby improving efficiency & saving money.

Increase Productivity! Communicate change requests, comments, observations, and instructions effectively and efficiently using FAB 3000.

Verify It!  View changes between design iterations, verify the integrity of a converted design and share these results with others.

The differences are color coded in the comparison window so that you can quickly and clearly see exactly what has changed.

Save Money on your Gerber Photoplotting!  This unique feature will SAVE YOU UP TO 50% OFF on your Gerber Photo-plotting expenses, eliminate any miscommunications (due to vendor wrongly mirroring or changing film polarity), and get faster plot turn-around times!

View All the Details. FAB 3000 has a very powerful & feature rich aperture table which allows you to modify any aperture parameter and visualize it before proceeding.

Get Pin-Point Accuracy.  Determine minimum distances between any two points, objects, or nets.

Visualize your Gerber Data. FAB 3000 is one of the few Gerber visualization tools that correctly displays composite layers (Paint/Scratch) and Step/Repeat.

Import files in a Snap! AutoLoad Wizard will automatically import all supported EDA files found within a selected folder. This simplifies importing of multiple files, and eliminates the time needed to load each file separately.