If you are expected to provide a full set of printed documentation and the electronic files, you should factor that time into your quote. Things like printed documentation take time and materials just like laying out a board. The important thing when talking with a customer about a job, is to determine what they expect as a final output from you. If the customer pays for the design rights, they get anything they want.
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If I keep the design rights, the customer will not receive Gerber or EDA files - they will only get PDF documentation.
If the customer wants me to do the entire product design, I quote them a price for the rights to the design, and a lower price if I maintain the rights to the design. I quote them a price for the smooth schematic output, the Gerber files, and the design documentation. If the customer has provided a complete schematic, and all of the design details, they own the whole project. What the customer gets at the end of the project depends on how much they want to pay, and what has been agreed upon at the begining of the project. Still other customers provide a smooth schematic in a format that I can import or open in my EDA software, and other details in nearly finished format. All they provide is the desired input and output, plus any mechanical limitations they would like to meet. Other customers want a complete product design. These customers may want a smooth schematic, a board design file, and project documentation as the final output. Some customers provide a rough (hand drawn) schematic, mechanical details (enclosure dimensions, mounting hole sizes and locations, clearances, etc.), design notes regarding critical signal paths, a BOM with enough information to gather component data sheets, and any other details that would affect the project completion time.
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