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1. Altium Designer is great! Until it's not...
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1. Adding a new part to a group Altium library (e.g. WarnickShareLibrary) must be designed outside the library first. When complete, copy/paste it into the group library afterward. This prevents multiple users from working in the same library and overwriting/losing each others' changes.
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1. Check the export to Gerber files carefully, especially holes and solder mask layers.
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1. Get another student to review your PCB before having it sent out. Many errors are caught this way.
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1. Get another student to review your PCB before sending it out. Many errors are caught this way.
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## Vendors
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|[PCBWay](https://www.pcbway.com/)|Reasonable job with Rogers|China||
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|[Fast-PCB](https://www.fast-pcb.com/)||China||
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|[JLCPCB](https://jlcpcb.com/)||China||
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|[Advanced Circuits (4pcb)](https://www.4pcb.com/)|USA|Not very responsive||
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|[Advanced Circuits (4pcb)](https://www.4pcb.com/)|USA (CO)|Not very responsive, ~4 week turnaround||
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|[Custom Circuit Boards](https://www.customcircuitboards.com/)|USA (AZ)|Expensive||
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|[ACE PCB](https://ace-pcb.com/)|USA (CA)|Expensive, Slow response time||
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|[Nexus PCB](https://www.nexuspcb.com/services)|USA (CO), Quick turnaround|||
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|[San Francisco Circuits](https://www.sfcircuits.com/pcb-production-capabilities/prototype-pcb-fabrication)|USA (CA), Quick turnaround|||
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- Needs Review: [Custom Circuit Boards](https://www.customcircuitboards.com/), [PCBgogo](https://www.pcbgogo.com/), [Sunstone](https://www.sunstone.com/), [Avanti Circuits](https://www.avanticircuits.com/), [PCBcart](https://www.pcbcart.com/), [ACE PCB](https://ace-pcb.com/), [Precision Technologies](https://www.eprotos.com/), [JetPCB](http://us.jetpcb.com/), [EuroCircuits](https://www.eurocircuits.com/), [MacroFab](https://www.macrofab.com/), [GreenCircuits](https://www.macrofab.com/)
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- Needs Review: [PCBgogo](https://www.pcbgogo.com/), [Sunstone](https://www.sunstone.com/), [Avanti Circuits](https://www.avanticircuits.com/), [PCBcart](https://www.pcbcart.com/), [Precision Technologies](https://www.eprotos.com/), [JetPCB](http://us.jetpcb.com/), [EuroCircuits](https://www.eurocircuits.com/), [MacroFab](https://www.macrofab.com/), [GreenCircuits](https://www.macrofab.com/)
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- DO NOT BUY: nextPCB
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- [PCBShopper](https://pcbshopper.com/) to compare prices
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