{"id":564,"date":"2017-04-11T08:03:58","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T15:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/eagle\/blog\/?p=564"},"modified":"2023-09-26T13:19:16","modified_gmt":"2023-09-26T20:19:16","slug":"eagle-pro-webinar-manufacturing-systems-check","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autodesk.com\/products\/fusion-360\/blog\/eagle-pro-webinar-manufacturing-systems-check\/","title":{"rendered":"EAGLE Pro Webinar – Manufacturing Systems Check"},"content":{"rendered":"

EAGLE Pro Webinar – Manufacturing Systems Check<\/a><\/h1>\n

You have your Gerbers, NC Drill Files, assembly prints, dimension outlines, and design notes together, right? Or maybe you had no idea that you needed all of these files just to have a PCB made. If so, you aren\u2019t alone. Stepping into the world of the post-design process can be overwhelming. You finished your PCB Layout, so why in the world do you need all of these files. Can\u2019t your manufacturer just take your design and make it? If only it were that easy. But don\u2019t stress, we\u2019ve got a free webinar that will teach you how to make\u00a0your job easier to complete your manufacturing systems check.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Manufacturing Black Hole<\/h2>\n

What exactly happens between the moment you send your production files and when you get a board back? For many, the manufacturing process is a giant black hole of mystery, and we\u2019re commonly crossing our fingers hoping we don\u2019t get an email back about some missing file or an obsolete part.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I completed my first design, I felt pretty great. Everything looked awesome, and I figured after spending hours polishing my board layout that I could just call it a day, right? I\u2019ll just send my design files off to my manufacturer, and that would be the end of it. But the first email I got back from a fab house proved this theory wrong.<\/span><\/p>\n

There was a giant list of all these files that I had no idea how to create. Was I supposed to make a Gerber by hand? And how do you even document all of your drill holes?<\/span><\/p>\n

Suddenly my design that I thought was complete and finished seemed far from it. I had flown into that Bermuda Triangle of manufacturing and realized the only way to turn your design from digital bits into a physical board is with lots and lots of added details. While a manufacturer can get a basic idea of what you\u2019re looking for from a simple Gerber file, that barely scratches the surface of all the finer details that makes a design uniquely yours.<\/span><\/p>\n

And that\u2019s where you come in. You\u2019re the expert of your designs, after all, so you\u2019ve got the job of communicating your expectations with drill files, notes, bill of materials, dimensioning, and a whole lot more. If this is your first interaction with a manufacturer, then you might be asking questions like:<\/span><\/p>\n