Ah, that makes sense. I tried producing gerbers with fill, no problem.
Then I produced one with some altered pad shapes, and the commands in
question appeared. I have emailed Olimex to ask them about this :-)
Thanks for the afvice,
Ben
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Hi Ben,
I have a copy of the RS274X specification, and this states that the G36 and G37
commands are actually used to turn on Polygon Area Fill and turn off Polygon
Area Fill (respectively). There are other commands which can be used to change
the polarity of a Gerber file's contents (i.e.
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From: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Geoff Harland
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 12:06 AM
To: Kicad Users
Subject: [kicad-users] Re: composite layers and negative plots
Hi Ben,
I have a copy of the RS274X specification, and this states
I fully agree that there are many aspects of the RS274X specification
that leave a lot to be desired, but I'm still not convinced of the
merits of totally forsaking the use of Aperture Macros and Polygon
commands.
The copy of the RS274X standard which I have (an Acrobat file which I
open to ideas.
Thanks,
Bob Kondner
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From: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of gharlandau
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 1:02 PM
To: kicad-users@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [kicad-users] Re: composite layers and negative plots
I fully agree
Unfortunately, this isn't a very realistic approach for many Kicad
users I think. There are probably a lot of hobbyists here, and for
us, there are only a small handful of board houses that make
affordable boards, and Olimex is easily the best of them. CustomPCB
in Malaysia is also pretty
I think the problem occurs when I pour copper areas:
find out how to generate your copper pour with
stroke
hatch filling instead composites and send your files again
When I do not pour, there are not G36 or G37 codes, when I do they
appear. Any thoughts?
Ben
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