Hi Ian, If I understand you correctly, the new way if correct. I explain: I already had a board manufactured with that copper line all around, so it was all short circuited! You were probably giving a lot of work to your manufacturer to remove that line!
What I use to do is 1) send him the board layout, you can even use it to explicitly specify sizes (when plotting was too expensive, I used to send it on plain paper) 2) use alignment targets so that he can fit it all together (you probably already do this) 3) I also add two line outside the board (like they use for books) at each corner. This is easy when the board is a rectangle or not too complicated Alain ianf397 escreveu: > Hi all, > > I have successfully been using KICAD for about 2 years, initially using > version 2006-04-24 on a Pentium 4 running Windows XP. > > In PCBnew I place the board outline by selecting the "Edges PCB" layer, > clicking on "Add graphic line or polygon" and drawing the board outline. > > When the PCB is complete, I run the PLOT (GERBER Format) program, and > then, when I run the GERBVIEW program I can see the board outline in > all of the layers. > I like this, and my PCB manufacturer(PCBTrain) has never complained! > > However, this week I have installed the newer version of KICAD, 2007-11- > 29-a, and although I do all of the same operations as above (I > think !), when I run GERBVIEW, I now only see the board outline in > the "Edges pcb" layer. I don't like this because I don't know how the > PCB manufacturer knows where the board edges are. I don't send > the "Edges pcb" file to him anyway. > > Please can some kind sole tell me what is happening, is this an > intentional modification, or has a bug slipped in somewhere ? > It is, of course, possible that I am doing somethig silly, all > suggestions are welcome. > Thanks for your time. > Regards, > > Ian French > > > > Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your > question. > Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of > Kicad. > Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your > symbols/modules to the kicad library. > For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the > kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-devel > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
