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Film Creation

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Greetings,

I have been doing PCB layout for a few years now working in a two person team. Each of us has been on our own with creating films. Now, we would like to attempt a "standard" of film content.

The etch layers are mostly simple. Included are tooling corners, etch/layer, pin/layer, via class/layer. Although, I am open to improving etch artwork. Solder, silk, and paste art are similar

The other artwork is more in question.

What films do you usually make and what layers are you adding to each film?

Thank you!

Best regards,

Fred

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    Same layers/films, but it seems that I always have to create a "board outline" (BOL) layer before the design goes to the board house. I also use ViewMate Pro for the final film editing, on the recommendation of a board house that found a bunch of DRC errors on a board (things like clipping silk that was on top of etch).

    Like you, I've been starting PCB design as a "team", and it's been interesting. I *think* that using "technology" files can help with having

    consistent design parameters. 

    But what I'd really like is to switch between space/trace criteria, so that a 'digital' board can be 5/5, but a high-voltage analog board can be 12/12 or the like,

    redirecting the PCB editor to a different footprint directory that is set up appropriately.  Doable, but haven't gotten all the details worked out yet.

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    Same layers/films, but it seems that I always have to create a "board outline" (BOL) layer before the design goes to the board house. I also use ViewMate Pro for the final film editing, on the recommendation of a board house that found a bunch of DRC errors on a board (things like clipping silk that was on top of etch).

    Like you, I've been starting PCB design as a "team", and it's been interesting. I *think* that using "technology" files can help with having

    consistent design parameters. 

    But what I'd really like is to switch between space/trace criteria, so that a 'digital' board can be 5/5, but a high-voltage analog board can be 12/12 or the like,

    redirecting the PCB editor to a different footprint directory that is set up appropriately.  Doable, but haven't gotten all the details worked out yet.

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