Nice. However the file format allows for only one substrate material being specified. In RF application it is often the case that two a RF ceramic substrate for example is bonded with fr4 prepregs and cores. Seems unnecessary limiting
Am 1. September 2017 08:48:30 MESZ schrieb jp charras <jp.char...@wanadoo.fr>: >Le 31/08/2017 à 21:26, Diego Herranz a écrit : >> Hi JP, >> >> Is this something new in GerberX2? I had never seen Gerber >jobfiles before... >> >> I've given it a try (export and then load on GerbView) and seems to >work OK, it loads every layer by >> just loading the jobfile. >> Any other gerber viewer which supports it to give it a try? gerbv >> <https://sourceforge.net/projects/gerbv> doesn't seem to support it. >> >> Thanks, >> Diego >> > >This is a new file, and its format is not fully fixed yet. >see: >https://www.ucamco.com/files/downloads/file/209/gerber_job_file_201708.pdf?7e2667f419c7b270f4a55b4761413a6e >and is a very recent file format. >So it is unlikely it is supported now by other Gerber viewers. >Kicad supports this file because I was contacted by Ucamco to see if a >job file could be supported >by Kicad. >So because Gerbview does not have a project config file, and the >support of a gerber job file is a >similar feature, I added this support. >Note this file will be really useful when Pcbnew has a decent layer >stack manager giving dielectric >info, copper thickness of each layer (and a few other parameters). > >(Note also Ucamco gives me a very good technical support by testing >files created by Kicad during >development of new Gerber attributes, since the beginning of X2 >features) > > >However, this file format does not change the plot file format. >The job file gives extra infos that cannot be inserted in plot files. > >Gerbv does not support a job file (it unfortunately does not support >yet the X2 format), but like a >few other viewers, has a project config file (that contains the list of >Gerber files to load). > >Gerbview/Pcbnew has good support of X2 features, and in Gerbview you >can highlight a net or a >footprint or items which have the same attribute. > >This is very useful when checking the Gerber files of a project. > >-- >Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > >_______________________________________________ >Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net >Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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