Re: [kicad-users] Postscript Output
sadkra a écrit : Hello Everyone, I just finished my first sch-pcb project in Kicad. I tried to output the pcb in Postscript format. When I looked carefully at the Postscript file, I found that some of the pads are missing /or some pads are only half drawn in bottom-copper layer while bottom-copper mask shows the complete pad-mask. I may add that gerber output of the same pcb is fine without any problems. It will be of great help if someone throws any light on this. Postscript output has a bug: after drawing oblong pads, some next drawings can be incorrectly drawn (bad size) This old bug is now solved (Postscript output will be Ok in next release, coming soon) Can you confirm you have oblong pads on your board ? 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 : GIPSA-LIS - INPG 46, Avenue Félix Viallet 38031 Grenoble cedex
[kicad-users] Re: Postscript Output
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, jean-pierre charras [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sadkra a écrit : Hello Everyone, I just finished my first sch-pcb project in Kicad. I tried to output the pcb in Postscript format. When I looked carefully at the Postscript file, I found that some of the pads are missing /or some pads are only half drawn in bottom-copper layer while bottom-copper mask shows the complete pad-mask. I may add that gerber output of the same pcb is fine without any problems. It will be of great help if someone throws any light on this. Postscript output has a bug: after drawing oblong pads, some next drawings can be incorrectly drawn (bad size) This old bug is now solved (Postscript output will be Ok in next release, coming soon) Can you confirm you have oblong pads on your board ? 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 : GIPSA-LIS - INPG 46, Avenue Félix Viallet 38031 Grenoble cedex Thanks everyone ! Yes, my PCB do have oblong pads. But they are quite long way away from pads that are missing or half drawn. These missing pads are Circular. BTW, non-circular(oblong) holes are also shown incorrectly on PS output. And can't check that with gerber. I as glad to see the support for non-circular holes (can't find that in many commercial packages), but I want to check before committing my design to PCB manufacturer. Can we output the gerber with actual or small holes ? That's why I tried Postscript. regards, sam_des
[kicad-users] Re: Postscript Output
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, sadkra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks everyone ! Yes, my PCB do have oblong pads. But they are quite long way away from pads that are missing or half drawn. These missing pads are Circular. BTW, non-circular(oblong) holes are also shown incorrectly on PS output. And can't check that with gerber. I as glad to see the support for non-circular holes (can't find that in many commercial packages), but I want to check before committing my design to PCB manufacturer. Can we output the gerber with actual or small holes ? That's why I tried Postscript. regards, sam_des I'm not sure what you are asking about. I have never seen oblong holes in a board. Are you talking about a routed slot? When you produce gerber files, how are the oblong holes defined? Regular holes are defined in a drill file typically in the Excellon format. In what output file are your oblong holes defined?
