[sdiy] PCB faceplate large hole creation?

[Oren Leavitt]

I use KiCad. I just put any large cut outs, circular or otherwise, on 
the edge cuts layer. I've had no issues with any of the board houses I used.

On 5/27/21 10:26 AM, Pete Hartman via Synth-diy wrote:
> I've had fabs make large holes, using a circle on the edge cuts 
> layer.  Didn't have any problems with it....  Then it's up to them to 
> figure out how to cut it.
>
> Pete
>
> On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 10:23 AM <doug at synthark.com 
> <mailto:doug at synthark.com>> wrote:
>
>     I'm building a jack faceplate, which requires large holes (MIDI,
>     USB).
>     While I can create the holes in my PCB tool (DipTrace), it flags
>     most of
>     the holes as DRC violations (too large to drill, > 0.2"), which makes
>     sense, since PCB fabs probably aren't setup to drill large holes. 
>     I'm
>     guessing my best solution would be to CNC the PCB after it's fab'd
>     (since the USB hole is not circular).  Can anyone confirm or
>     provide a
>     better solution?
>
>     Thanks,
>     -- 
>     Doug Huseby
>     http://synthark.com <http://synthark.com>
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