[kicad-users] Re: Postscript Output
Hello, Just today I finally decided to forward my layout to my PCB manufacturer. I went to him personally to see what he has to say about oblong holes(or slots) in my layout. He checked my drill file with the software he uses with his CNC machine oblong holes all came correctly, atleast on PC. He didn't tell me what software he uses for his cnc or even which cnc he uses. Don't know why !! Let's see what I get on board, that's about 12 days. BTW, I also ran Pulsonix demo yesterday and it's Gerber output shows the holes(actual size or just a tiny dot). Can't we get such gerber with kicad ? For hand-drilling low quntity boards, it is useful to have these marks to easily locate center of the pad. Hope to see this thing implemeneted in kicad. I also wanted to add the I tried Pulsonix, Zuken in last couple of weeks I must say I am glad to stay with Kicad. thanks, sam_des
[kicad-users] Re: Postscript Output
--- In kicad-users@yahoogroups.com, Rick Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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? Hello, Some components do have non-circular leads such as Power Relays, Fuse Holders, Fuses etc. You can check the Gerber section in Kicad help, there is topic about rectangular holes. Also you can check Pad properties of any pad in kicad. BTW, these holes are defined in drill file only. Here is what my drill file drill report file says, -drl.rpt - T2 0.032 0.81mm (19 holes) T3 0.035 0.90mm (426 holes) (with 8 oblongs) T4 0.039 1.00mm (14 holes) .drl --- T3 X1.050Y-5.250G85X1.050Y-5.050 G05 X1.050Y-4.857G85X1.050Y-4.656 G05 X1.300Y-5.250G85X1.300Y-5.050 G05 X1.300Y-4.857G85X1.300Y-4.656 G05 X1.800Y-5.250G85X1.800Y-5.050 G05 X1.800Y-4.857G85X1.800Y-4.656 G05 X1.550Y-5.250G85X1.550Y-5.050 G05 X1.550Y-4.857G85X1.550Y-4.656 G05 T4 Well, I loaded the file in GerbView 6 all I can see a single hole. That was the reason I tried Postscript output. My ancient BoardMaker for DOS also supports such rectangular holes as standard pad type. But most modern layout softs doesnot allow this !? I have circumvented this problem(Eagle) by placing overlapping holes on a single pad thus creating rectangular hole. Since kicad does not allow this it does supports the non-circular holes I tried it. I just wanted to cross-check the output! regards, sam_des
[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] Postscript Output
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. regards, sam_des
