About this tutorial
This tutorial shows you the capabilities and what you need to do to achieve elongated holes, plated and non-plated slots and cutouts.
tldr;
- For Plated Slots a maximum length of 15.0mm and diameter of 0.7mm to 2.8mm
- For Inner Millings (i.e. cutouts), use at least 1.8 mm diameter and always confirm with our Board Viewer
- Non-Plated Slots must be realized as inner millings (min. diameter of 1.8 mm (0,063 in))
Plated Slots
We support plated slots with a length of up to 15.0mm and a width of 0.7mm to 2.8mm (0.11 in).
(Typical use case of plated slots)
Typical use case of plated slots.
As we give a guarantee on our renderings, you should always use the Board Viewer to check if plated slots are detected properly. Use the “Highlight Drills” Button for this.
(Highlight drills function)
Enable drill highlight
(Plated Slots in the Drawing)
This plated slot will be manufactured properly, shown by the orange color.
Eagle Users should always check if a slot was detected as plated or non-plated slot.
Cutouts and Non-Plated Slots
Cutouts and Non-Plated Slots will always be milled and may have any shape you like. Please note that our smallest milling tool diameter is 1.8mm and ensure, that all Cutouts or Non-Plated Slots have at least this size.
(Cutout with milling path highlighted)
Cutout with milling path highlighted.
(Non-Plated Slots with milling path highlighted)