{"id":25,"date":"2026-11-03T18:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2026-11-03T18:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T10:58:25","slug":"what-files-do-you-need-for-pcb-quotation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/2026\/11\/03\/what-files-do-you-need-for-pcb-quotation\/","title":{"rendered":"What files do you need for PCB quotation?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want a correct PCB or PCBA price, prepare right files first. Many new buyers do not know which file to send.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Files-needed-for-PCB-quotation-including-Gerber-file-BOM-list-and-PCBA-sample-1024x514.png\" alt=\"Files needed for PCB quotation, including Gerber file, BOM list and PCBA sample\" class=\"wp-image-26\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Files-needed-for-PCB-quotation-including-Gerber-file-BOM-list-and-PCBA-sample-1024x514.png 1024w, https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Files-needed-for-PCB-quotation-including-Gerber-file-BOM-list-and-PCBA-sample-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Files-needed-for-PCB-quotation-including-Gerber-file-BOM-list-and-PCBA-sample-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Files-needed-for-PCB-quotation-including-Gerber-file-BOM-list-and-PCBA-sample-1536x771.png 1536w, https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Files-needed-for-PCB-quotation-including-Gerber-file-BOM-list-and-PCBA-sample-2048x1028.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First, Gerber file. This is the main file for PCB making. Without Gerber, we can not calculate the board cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, BOM list. BOM show all components you need, part number, quantity. It is very important for PCBA assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Third, pick and place file (XY file). We use it for SMT machine. If you only make bare PCB, you may not need this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes we also need board specification: thickness, surface finish, copper thickness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you do not have Gerber file, you can send us the physical board, we can do PCB reverse engineering for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Send all these files to us, we will give you quotation quickly. If you have any question, contact us anytime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want a correct PCB or PCBA price, prepare right  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcbworldlink.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}