Courtyard is useful to check you're not putting any components physically to tight to each other
@scottdrake5159
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I feel like I'm shouting from the peanut gallery, not having made a large run solo. But I have had a little experience with the KiCad project and reasoning, and I wanted to bring up the reason for having edge cuts _and_ margin layers, and apologies if you just wanted to avoid the topic at this point. It _does_ seem weird that there's edge cut layers and margin layers. The edge cuts are for things like cutting out part of the PCB for, say, an area that needs a gap for safety (like the board inside your non-Harbor Freight multimeter), or whatever other requirement require a "cut". The margin makes sure you're complying with the fab's abilities for accuracy a distance away from the edge of the board (including the contour of the edge cut.) Sorry if over-simplifying or you already know this (you probably already know this and more, just speaking up for KiCad.) And, like you say, if you forget a PCBWay engineer or tech will ask if what they can do is acceptable. And thanks again for using a FLOSS tool like KiCad to teach!
@JaenEngineering
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I usually keep both copper layers visible so if I have to go between layers I can still see where I'm routing.
@jms019
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Don't put silkscreen designators under the component or you won't be able to check or test things easily once populated.
@IMSAIGuy
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I like designators on the outside and values on the inside
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