Any ideas on what to look for either in Gerbview, PCBNEW, or in the file itself? I check all files and found:
component layer has the offset copper layer has the offset component layer silk has the offset copper layer silk is ok (there are no components on the layer) edges layer is ok Regards, Doug --- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, "David Novak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Perhaps you have something located at a large offset in the second file you > loaded. If this were the case, a zoom to full screen on the second layer > would require a zoom out. This could also explain the GC-Preview error. > > David > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Doug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 7:04 AM > > To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [kicad-users] Large offset in Gerbers & strange > > behaviour in GerbView > > > > I am using build 2008-0416-r982 and have run into a problem. > > I place my components and ran FreeROUTE. It did quite well with only > > one trace unrouted. I manually routed the remaining trace and saved. > > Unfortunately I now see two problems. First, when I start Gerbview > > and load the edges layer, the edges show full screen. When I Inc > > layer and load Gerber file, the next layer shows zoomed way out. This > > is a minor problem since I can zoom in. My big problem is that when I > > check the Gerbers using another program, GC-Preview, I get an error > > message XY value in file ... exceeds allowable range. Try again using > > offsets of -5911.80000 inches X, 0.000000 inches Y? > > > > Anyone have some ideas? I am not sure if this is caused by Kicad beta > > or FreeROUTE. > > > > Thanks, > > Doug > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > 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-develYahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > >
