# Plated Edges - How to design?

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**Category:** ℹ️ Q & A Help Zone\
**Tags:** pcb-design\
**Created:** [December 9, 2024, 7:06am UTC](https://community.aisler.net/t/plated-edges-how-to-design/4553 "2024-12-09T07:06:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![Alphaprot](https://community-cdn.aisler.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Alphaprot](https://community.aisler.net/u/Alphaprot)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 12:16pm UTC](https://community.aisler.net/t/plated-edges-how-to-design/4553/8 "2025-01-13T12:16:06Z")

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A follow-up question I forgot to ask:

How wide do the custom bridges need to be? In the post above, I spec’ed them at 4 mm, but wonder if you got a default value for the bridge width.

Regarding my thoughts on manufacturability - would it work better with more bridges like so (just a quick mockup on the Edge.Cuts layer):

 ![image](https://community.aisler.net/uploads/default/original/2X/4/4804015bd34e760274b90c64d5bc89814db54f28.png)

Best regards,  
Yannik

Edit: I missed that PTH slots are nibbled no matter what width is used:

> [@Plated and Non-Plated Slots](https://community.aisler.net/t/plated-and-non-plated-slots/46/1):
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> Non-Plated Slots with a width less than 1.8mm and all Plated Slots will be manufactured using an industry standard nibbling process

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