> Also the auto-router creates lines
> that have the join flag consistent with the setting for newly created lines
> (although the auto-router will never place a line within a polygon,
> people seem to want to add polygons to layers that the auto-router has used
> after it's done its routi
> Someone more familiar with PCB will be able to tell you if the
> gerbers produced without any components will line up correctly with
> the copy with components (I don't know what PCB takes as the gerber
> origin).
PCB uses an absolute origin for all gerbers, they should all line up
just fine.
> I have seen this in PCB too. PCB doesn't yet support "mechanical" layers
> such as used for board outlines or cutouts. As a result, if you use any
> through hole parts (or vias), a pad (or via) is placed on every layer's
> gerber output.
>
This too is fixed in the latest CVS code. Also the auto
> Well, I think there is something wrong with my outline file
> (board.group2.gbr from http://www.ssalewski.de/board.tar.gz). I
> created a new layer called outline and have drawn only the
> outline-rectangle into this layer. So board.group2.gbr should
> contain only this rectangle. But viewin
Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> The separate outline gerber file was fine with Basista.
>
Well, I think there is something wrong with my outline file
(board.group2.gbr from http://www.ssalewski.de/board.tar.gz). I
created a new layer called outline and have drawn only the
outline-rectangle into this
On Tue, 10 Oct 2006 14:04:02 +0200, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> Should I rename the gerber files? (I think name of
> board.group0.gbr should be board.front.gbr, this name was used
> in pcb documentation)
I use a ascript to rename the files and the layer name definitions within
the gerbers. PCB fab
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