![]() In most cases, these features are easily recognizable by a manufacturer and thus, no questions need be asked – they are simply deleted. But if these features are not deleted explicitly during the pre-production stage at a fab – they will be printed. ![]() Most likely, there’s no intention to print this information on the real board. ![]() The simplest and most common example is the text box with common information about the board, the revision, layer, customer, etc. Sounds like a no-brainer, right? Why would anyone put non-copper features on copper layers? Well, apparently, many designers do so without realizing that any feature they put on a copper layer is considered to be copper and will be manufactured as such. In this post, I will discuss another old habit of designers that won’t die – putting non-copper features on copper layers, without considering the impact on manufacturing. Why not? They’ve been managing for decades! In one of my previous blog posts, I asked the question: Why do designers keep sending Gerber files to their manufacturers, knowing that the manufacturers will have to work hard to restore information that is “lost in transition” due to the format limitations? The typical answer was – and still is – that they believe that manufacturers can manage with Gerbers.
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