Ah, that makes sense. I tried producing gerbers with fill, no problem. Then I produced one with some altered pad shapes, and the commands in question appeared. I have emailed Olimex to ask them about this :-)
Thanks for the afvice, Ben --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, jean-pierre charras - INPG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > barkerben a écrit : > > >One more question (I have answered the above myself via > >experimentation). I got the following from Olimex, who I use to etch > >boards: > > > >Hi, > >Your gerbers contain composite layers and negative plots (G36 G37 > >commands). > >On such gerbers we can't do DRC check, panelization nor to ensure > >correct > >phototools plotting. > >Please ask your cad vendor how to generate your copper pour with > >stroke > >hatch filling instead composites and send your files again. > >Thanks > > > > > > > G36 and G37 commands are *NOT* composite layers and negative plots. > > this a polygon fill command (start and end fill polygon), used to draw > rectangular pads when the pad orientation is not 0, 90, 180 or 270 > degrees (for instance 22.4 degrees) or trapezoidal pads. > > This command is a very common GERBER command... > > To understand the gerber rs274x format, see: > http://www.artwork.com/gerber/274x/rs274x.htm > > -- > Jean-Pierre CHARRAS > Maître de conférences > Directeur d'études 2ieme année. > Génie Electrique et Informatique Industrielle 2 > Institut Universitaire de Technologie 1 de Grenoble > BP 67, 38402 St Martin d'Heres Cedex > > Recherche : > Grenoble Image Parole Signal Automatique (GIPSA - INPG) > 46, Avenue Félix Viallet > 38031 Grenoble Cedex >
