I’m trying to submit my first PCB through Batch PCB and it’s giving me the following warning.
Warning: You have not selected a solder mask!!
This can cause your board to be completely covered in solder mask
Can someone please educate me on what exactly this means?
Are you submitting Gerber files? Did you include Gerber files for the top and bottom soldermask? If not, that’s the reason for the error messasge!
Which PCB design program are you using? They all should be able to output Gerber files. I highly recommend you inspect your Gerber files in a separate Gerber viewer before sending to be manufactured (there are plenty of free programs - I use GCPreview).
EDIT: I just saw the “Common Batch PCB Issues” sticky post that may indicate what your problem is:
"DRC Bot:
I understand that a number of people are getting confused by the DRC bot. If you see the warning that says the bot did not recognize your files, don’t worry. Scroll down and you can specify which layer belongs to which file. "