Jim
I am surprised they cried Wolf. It has been my experience that the fab
houses read in any flavored RS 274 X format in, massage it, and regenerate
their own gerber / aperture outputs with their tools. At least that is
what I have been informed by several board houses.
Mike Reagan
EDSI
Frederick MD
----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Gardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 1:37 PM
Subject: [PEDA] Problem with large Gerber D-Codes
> I just have come across a problem with outputed D-Code sizes in Protel
> 99SE. On a DS pcb, I made some large ground planes in various areas
> instead of using the copper pour option. When I outputed the gerbers in
> RS274 format, some of the DCodes were >3.0" by >1.0". Obviously the
> plotter house cryed wolf. If you output the aperture tables (the old
> way) you can put a size restriction on the aperture size. It appears
> that this is not possible in RS 274 format.
>
> Has anyone had this problem?
>
> Jim Gardner
> SiGEM Inc.
>
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