Container spacing issue

[christrotter]

I submitted the container.zip (the one from this repo - I did not make it) to JLCPCB and got this audit failure:

Dear the spacing from slot to slot and slot to board edge are too small which will cause the board broken easily,please kindly increase it to 4mm at least.Thanks.

I'm guessing they mean the connectors?

I have asked for clarity in the mean time...if I can figure out what software to use, I'll try and submit a PR to fix once they tell me the specific problem.

[christrotter]

My exact message, accompanied by that picture with the red arrrow...

For clarity - this panel is intended to be broken apart into 25 pieces for use.  Is your concern rather for the manufacturing process having breakages?
In the attached - is the red arrow pointing at what you want increased to at least 4mm?

And their response...

Dear Sir,
Yes,please add the indicated spacing to 4 mm at least.

So I'm gonna go with they want those little board-to-board connection points to be 4mm. I will do some research on what software to use to edit the files...

[christrotter]

So Kicad seems to be what is used, and I have no idea what I'm doing here. I might have to go the amoeba royale v2.0 route instead. :(

[khominhvi]

I had the same issue with JLCPCB.

In another post, which seems to have disappeared, recommended another manufacturer; elecrow, which is what I used to have the pcbs manufactured.

[christrotter]

Interesting - I checked them out @khominhvi , do you recall what order settings you used? Elecrow seems to have less options. Like no panel settings...

[khominhvi]

[christrotter]

You are a champ, awesome, gonna give it a shot.

[khominhvi]

Np, good luck.

I also managed to find the thread I was referring to earlier, for anyone who is interested: #13

[christrotter]

I ended up ordering Amoeba Royale's from JCLPCB and the Container's from Elecrow. Will post back results to this issue.

It might be worthwhile updating the readme with a section on ordering, I'd be happy to contribute to that.

[swanmatch]

@christrotter @khominhvi Thank you for your interest.(and sorry for late reply...)
I am aware of the design rules of JLCPCB that will be played by it.
I just can't easily fold it by hand when I unfold the solid.
I order from Elecrow all the time and have manufactured thousands of them and have never been rejected.
Thanks

[swanmatch]

FYI @christrotter
#15 (comment)

[christrotter]

@swanmatch Thanks! If you'd like I could submit a PR with some 'ordering help' in the english readme, might help others in future.

[swanmatch]

@christrotter That's a great suggestion for me!

[christrotter]

Made a PR for you! #17