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Fit enclosure and board Proposes a compact outline and moves ports onto their walls, each checked on a copy. Preview one to review it like any other change.
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Edit copper Board points use integer micrometres; via position uses millimetres. Native validation checks the whole copper candidate. Valid edits apply directly with Undo; findings require review.
Trace width (mm) Copper layerTop Bottom
Via X (mm) Via Y (mm)
Route points and captured anchors
Update copper
Route one net Choose a net and sizes. Native search proposes copper across top and bottom layers while checking pads, existing copper, drills, board edges and RF keep-outs. Review the whole proposal before applying it with one Undo.
Net Main width (mm) Search grid (mm) Via diameter (mm) Via drill (mm) Pad width (mm) Maximum pad connection (mm)
Bounded to 300,000 explored nodes per connection and 96 connections. If no route fits, change the explicit grid/sizes or placement. This checks geometry and connectivity; power, thermal and RF acceptance use separate captured reviews.
Build routing proposal
Copper zone / ground plane Native conservative grid fill respects copper, drills, board edges and captured RF keep-outs. Floating islands are removed by default. This is geometry and connectivity; current capacity and thermal/RF behavior remain unverified.
Plane net Plane layerTop Bottom Fill grid (mm) Plane clearance (mm) BoundaryWhole board Rectangle Existing authored outline Relief gap (mm) Spoke width (mm) SpokesFour (cross) Two horizontal Two vertical
Minimum X (mm) Minimum Y (mm) Maximum X (mm) Maximum Y (mm)
Fill plane
3D model A STEP body replaces the footprint's nominal box in the 3D view, the enclosure checks, courtyards and keepouts. Every placement of this footprint uses it. The model is turned about X, Y and Z, then offset, into the footprint frame: origin on the footprint origin, Z up from the mounting surface.
STEP file Model ID Licence
Turns about X0° 90° 180° 270° Turns about Y0° 90° 180° 270° Turns about Z0° 90° 180° 270°
Offset X (mm) Offset Y (mm) Offset Z (mm)
Remove model Bind model
Supplier capability Compares the routing rules, the captured fabrication profile and the drawn board with a supplier class. Raising the rules only tightens them and takes one Undo; nothing is rerouted.
Class
Raise rules to this class
Panel Copies of this rectangular board on a grid. V-score boards abut and are scored along every boundary; mouse-bite boards sit in routed channels and hang on tabs with a row of small holes. Rails add handling edges, tooling holes and fiducials. The single-board package is unchanged.
SeparationV-score Mouse bites Columns Rows
Top and bottom rails (mm) Side rails (mm) Tooling holes (mm · blank none)
Channel gap (mm)
Tabs per edge Tab width (mm) Bite drill (mm) Bite pitch (mm)
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Fabrication drawing Overall dimensions from the lower-left datum, a drill table that matches the drill files, mounting-hole positions and stackup notes. It is a view of the current board: the fabrication package is unchanged.
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Fiducial or test point A fiducial is a bare copper dot without a net for assembly cameras; its ring stays free of all other copper and solder mask. A test point is an exposed round pad on one net, connected by ordinary copper. Neither gets solder paste.
KindFiducial Test point SideTop Bottom Net
x (mm) y (mm) Grid (mm) Pick on board
Diameter (mm) Clear ring (mm)
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Keepout A keepout forbids copper (traces, pads and plane fill), vias or component bodies inside an area on the chosen sides. Touching the boundary counts as entering. Checks, plane fills, route search and via stitching all respect it.
ShapeRectangle Polygon points Grid (mm)
Minimum x (mm) Minimum y (mm) Maximum x (mm) Maximum y (mm)
Points (mm, one "x y" pair per line)
Delete keepout Apply keepout
Routing rules Board values apply everywhere. Optional layer and net-class overrides resolve natively in the order class layer, class, board layer, board, and the same resolved rules drive copper checks, plane fills, route search and interactive routing. Default widths and via sizes prefill new copper; they are not checks. Changing rules re-checks existing copper, and findings require review.
Copper clearance (mm) Minimum trace width (mm) Edge clearance (mm) Hole clearance (mm) Minimum annular ring (mm) Courtyard clearance (mm · blank only lists overlapping bodies) Minimum drill (mm · blank skips the check) Default via diameter (mm · blank: net class or 0.6 mm) Default via drill (mm)
Layer overrides (mm · blank inherits the board value) Layer Clearance Min width Max width Default width
Net classes
Add net class Differential pairs and length groups A pair routes as two traces at the declared gap; its skew and uncoupled length are checked natively. A length group keeps its routed nets within the tolerance.
Add differential pair
Add length group Current capacity Declare the continuous load current of a net and the trace temperature rise you accept. Every trace of the net is rated natively for the whole current with the IPC-2221 design-chart fit for outer layers; planes, vias and IPC-2152 corrections are not included.
Copper thickness35 µm (1 oz, default) 18 µm (½ oz) 35 µm (1 oz) 70 µm (2 oz) 105 µm (3 oz)
Add net current Trace Net Width Rise Minimum width
Resolved rules per net (native) Net Class Top clearance / min / max Bottom clearance / min / max
Apply rules
Stitch planes with vias Native stitching places vias on the pitch lattice where the chosen net's delivered planes cover the whole via on both layers and the same clearance predicate as route search passes. Vias keep the explicit sizes; no partial set is proposed. Apply is one Undo. Plane copper is geometry and connectivity only; current, thermal and RF behavior stay unverified.
Net Pitch (mm) Via diameter (mm) Via drill (mm) AreaWhere both planes overlap Rectangle Most vias
Minimum X (mm) Minimum Y (mm) Maximum X (mm) Maximum Y (mm)
Place stitching vias
Board outline, cutouts and slots The native board contour is the outline minus its cutouts; routed slots are drilled openings. Placements, copper, drills, zone fills and the enclosure are re-checked against the new contour and nothing is moved or rerouted. Apply is one Undo. Rounded corners become exact chords on the board grid; the manufacturer still owns routing tolerances.
ObjectBoard outline Cutout Routed slot ShapeRectangle Polygon points From the enclosure Grid (mm)
Minimum X (mm) Minimum Y (mm) Maximum X (mm) Maximum Y (mm) Corner radius (mm)
Points (x y per line, mm, counter-clockwise)
Start X (mm) Start Y (mm) End X (mm) End Y (mm) Slot width (mm)
Apply contour
Silkscreen text and lines Silkscreen objects are board data shaped by the bundled native fonts; the same outlines go to the silk Gerbers and the manufacturing checks for stroke width, mask openings and the board edge. Objects bound to a footprint follow it when it moves, turns or flips. Apply is one Undo.
ObjectText Line SideTop Bottom Bound to footprint Stroke width (mm) Grid (mm)
Text FontNoto Sans Noto Serif Height (mm) AnchorStart Middle End Turn0° 90° 180° 270° X (mm) Y (mm)
Points (mm · one "x y" per line)
Pick the position on the board Bound objects are positioned in the footprint frame: x along its body, y up, before its turn and side. The native plan snaps coordinates to the grid.
Apply text
PCBWay · Manufacturing review Export package Bare PCB · Gerber & drills Assembly data · BOM & Pick-and-Place
Preview layer Read back from the exported Gerber and drill files. Bottom uses the same top-view axes.
Red dots = physical pad 1 · cyan crosses = body centres. Coordinates use the Gerber datum in mm; rotation is CCW from the captured footprint. Bottom uses the same top-view axes. Confirm feeder zero with the assembler.
Component positions & pin-1 orientation Manufacturing findings Files in the PCBWay ZIP Assembly and process notes Carry any captured via-in-pad filling/capping requirements into your PCBWay order; drill files alone do not specify that process.