The attached drill table contains the actual drill bit size used to create your finished hole size for our Quick Turn products. Knowing the bit size used can be very helpful in determining space/trace values for your boards.

Hello, When generating the Gerber files from Altium Designer confirm that the option to add mechanical layer to all plots is DESELECTED (See attached) on the Gerber Setup dialog box. You do not want to add the mechanical layer to any other layers as this could cause shorting and/or add unnecessary o...

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Hello, When generating Gerber files using PADs software, choose 'Centered' for the Justification setting on the Plot Options tab, rather than 'Scale to Fit.' Also confirm that '1 to 1' is entered for 'Scaled to' to confirm that the files will be the correct size for Sunstone. Using the Scale to Fit ...

Hello, In reviewing the Gerber RS-274X Format, Extended Gerber Files provide enhancements that handle polygon fill codes, custom apertures, and other features that the RS-274D (Basic Gerber) Format did not. As a result, this format is the preferred format when submitting your Gerber files to Sunston...

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To generate the NC Drill file using Altium Designer, go to File > Fabrication Outputs > NC Drill Files, and the NC Drill Set Up window will open.

Confirm that the Units are in Inches and the Format is 2:4; and that the remainder of default settings are chosen and saved.

Hello, Stacked pads refers to the situation when you have generated both a pad and a clearance in the same location. This usually happens when mid-layers 2 - 15 have a name beginning with the '$' character and both pads & vias have been generated. If the layer name begins with the '$' character it i...

I ran across further information on other objects that may cause this error and a possible solution in resolving the issue: There can be several issues when you get the error in Protel, Film too Small for PCB; Usually objects outside the board area. Most objects can be deleted easily because they ar...

Hello David, I'm happy to hear that this information helped. It sounds like your questions have been resolved, but if you need further assistance in generating the gerber files, do not hesitate to contact us. There are also other EAGLE software topics here that may be of interest to you. If there ar...

DFM Add-Ons for EAGLE are an EAGLE-format set of Design For Manufacturing (DFM) Rules files, written in accordance with Sunstones manufacturing criteria for 2, 4, and 6 layer Quickturn designs as manufactured through PCBexpress. These DFM Rules files are made available to you at no cost. EAGLE users...