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Routing through holes.

Sorry for yet another question.

I want to put 6 regular plated-through holes (1mm diameter) along one edge of my board, centred on the edge line.  Then I expect the router to cut along the edge line and slice half of each hole away.  This will expose 6 tiny scallops along the edge.  I can solder wires to the remains of the through-hole plating.

Possible or not?  To the fab shop it might look like an error, but maybe they don't care.

Thank you.

Re: Routing through holes.

Reply #1 –
Somewhere on the forum are examples of this approach with pictures. So, yes, it's doable, but may not be perfect.

Re: Routing through holes.

Reply #2 –
That should not looks like and error to a factory. That's an absolutely standard feature, named HPH - Half Plated Holes, sometimes also PHH. Some factories do them, some don't. There are also factory-specific technological requirements. So it would be fine if DirtyPCBs clarifies this.