> Could you please provide an example file name list?
Section 11.4.1 of KiCAD's PCBNew manual, (version 4.0.7, August, 2017)
provides the following example:
xxxx-F_Cu.gbr for the component side.
xxxx-B_Cu.gbr for the copper side.
xxxx-F_SilkS.gbr for the component-side silkscreen markings.
xxxx-B_SilkS.gbr for the copper-side silkscreen markings.
xxxx-F_Paste.gbr for the component-side solder paste.
xxxx-B_Paste.gbr for the copper-side solder paste.
xxxx-F_Mask.gbr for the component-side solder mask.
xxxx-B_Mask.gbr for the copper-side solder mask.
The manual also mentions: "The format used by Pcbnew is RS274X format
4.6, Imperial, Leading zero omitted, Abs format. These are very usual
settings."
Here is an example of one of my rename scripts:
mv Mark-B.Cu.gbr Mark-8.1.bc
mv Mark-B.Mask.gbr Mark-8.1.bm
mv Mark-B.SilkS.gbr Mark-8.1.bs
mv Mark-F.Cu.gbr Mark-8.1.fc
mv Mark-F.Mask.gbr Mark-8.1.fm
mv Mark-F.SilkS.gbr Mark-8.1.fs
mv Mark-Edge.Cuts.gbr Mark-8.1.ec
mv Mark.drl Mark-8.1.df
As I mentioned, I pretty much only work with 2 layer boards, so I have
no idea what PCBNew generates for internal copper layers.
> Are the suggested extensions listed here?:
> https://www.protoexpress.com/content/gerber_extensions.jsp
As I look through the manual, PCBNew's Gerber output options include
"Use Protel filename extensions" which generates .gbl .gtl .gbs .gts
.gbp .gtp .gbo .gto instead of .gbr for file name extensions. (I just
tried this, and PCBNew also affixes the same file name suffices to its
output with this option selected.)
There is one other PCBNew option of note, "Include extended attributes".
I just tried that too. I see the following relevant information in
each of the files:
gbl: %TF.FileFunction,Copper,L2,Bot,Signal*%
gbs: %TF.FileFunction,Soldermask,Bot*%
gbo: %TF.FileFunction,Legend,Bot*%
gm1: %TF.FileFunction,Profile,NP*%
gtl: %TF.FileFunction,Copper,L1,Top,Signal*%
gts: %TF.FileFunction,Soldermask,Top*%
gto: %TF.FileFunction,Legend,Top*%
I just went looking... One of the board houses that I have used,
SeeedStudio, recently changed their policy to accept the Protel file
name extensions, however, they cannot accept files with any of the X2
file attributes, etc. since their CAM software can't read them.
http://support.seeedstudio.com/knowledgebase/articles/1824574-how-to-generate-gerber-and-drill-files-from-kicad
On 2018-06-01 01:19, Miklos Marton wrote:
KiCAD insists on writing out Gerbers with a file name suffix that
indicates the layer.
Could you please provide an example file name list?
However, my board house insists that all of the file names be the
same, and that the file extension specify the layer.
Are the suggested extensions listed here?:
https://www.protoexpress.com/content/gerber_extensions.jsp
If not could you please share them?
Thanks in advance!
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