Vending Machine For Birds

This was only my second time to do this and the first time to order a board more complex than a blink_er. The process was easy - just indicating how many designs were in my gerbers (4), how many layers in the board (2), how many I wanted (10), and what surface finish (HASL lead-free) and color of the solder mask (blue). For the other things like board material, track thickness, minimum hole size, copper thickness, etc. I just left the defaults. Once I had selected my options, I submitted the order for review. PCBWay has a reviewer sanity-check your gerbers before accepting the order. I had wanted to use v-cuts so I could break the different components apart. I drew these lines in a user layer and made a note of it in my order comments. It turns out v-cuts must run the length of the board (they cannot stop in the middle), and the reviewer contacted my a few minutes after I submitted. They explained this limitation and offered to use tab routing instead. This is fine by me so I accepted. A few minutes later my order was approved and I could check out. I also was able to see a preview image of what it will look like. The whole process was quick and easy, and the reviewer was helpful. I got my boards on-time and am looking forward to populating and testing. Thank you!