When I export gerber files there is a plot report file generated which I have always included in my package to the board house. At the top of the plot report there is a line titled "design path" that gets printed into the report. I can see where this is helpful but when I'm sending designs to Chinese board houses I'm a little paranoid this it too much info.
For example the path could be "IBM new data center design" etc....is there a way to turn off the design path line? Or maybe, there is no real usefulness for the board house and I shouldn't send the report at all?
I always manually edit the Plot Report File with Notepad to globally remove all sensitive information. I don't think there is a tick-box setting or a Plot Report Template file to do this.
OK, thanks for the feedback I won't include this anymore. I thought in a pinch it would allow them to do a sanity check for hole size etc.. One concern I have is the Chinese board houses rarely ask any questions which makes me nervous. The US board houses I use ask a lot of questions and make sure they have a good understanding before the build (but also cost $$$$ a lot more).
Plot report "design path"
Posted - 10 Aug 2020 : 16:23:04
