Good morning everyone!
I returned the last batch of DFM reports last night. For those of you that missed one, or all, opportunities, fear not -- Royal does DFMs dozens of times a day. If there is sufficient interest, I can organize another opportunity for the class.
This week you should work on fixing any issues that came up in your design. I forgot about the July 4th holiday -- so let's plan on submitting your files for fabrication by/on end-of-day Tuesday the 7th. I'll email participants missing file requests Wednesday and we'll hopefully order the boards on Thursday. You will need to include a Bill-of-Materials for your design. The barest minimum of information in a BOM follows:
As a reminder, the software just looks for the most critical number in each design. As long as you stay above the process minimums for the fab-house you plan to use, you'll be fine. And now that you know what to look for -- take a moment to update your Design Rules. Remember, even though there are all sorts of features that are checked, you can base most numbers off of the trace/space minimums for your fab-house (be sure to include a margin-for-error).
Consider sharing your design files in the forums. Participants can view Gerber files with online tools such as http://mayhewlabs.com/3dpcb or free software such as KiCad's GerbView. Gerbers have been around for a while, so there are plenty of other options out there -- share the ones you like in the forums!
Have a great day everyone!