On 2 Apr 2007 at 10:09, patrickymwong wrote: > Dear all, > > My seek of advice earlier seems goes to a dead end without further > response so I start a thread here. > > In short, I completed a hobby design using KiCAD and wanna order small > quantity of PCBs to proceed sample building. I have no idea in: > > 1. What would PCB manufactures require? Should it be plotted films or > gerber files? > 2. If gerber files are required, how to generate the required files in > KiCAD? > > > Hope anyone can kindly give me some instructions. > Most require Gerber files. Select "PLOT" from the menu. Check the Gerber box and check each of the layers you want plotted. You will need each of the copper and component layers. If the board will have silkscreen and solder mask then those layers will have to be plotted as well. The board house I deal with wants these files in a .zip.
Dave - WB6DHW <http://users.wildblue.net/wb6dhw>
