

We have a page for Ensuring Plated Holes with screenshots and instructions. Unfortunately, DipTrace has a Pad/Via Holes option that can cause all the holes to be unplated. Copper under a drill means via/plated hole no copper means an unplated hole. Ensuring Plated HolesĪlso, our fabs use the presence of copper under or above a drill hole to determine whether or not a drill will be plated. Idyl.io has written an excellent DipTrace tutorial that covers exactly how to set up your design rules before starting your design, and then how to generate gerbers when you’re ready to submit a design to us. DipTrace is a free downloadable PCB design tool.
