On 05/31/18 23:16, Linda Huxley wrote:
I use KiCAD. I just looked into some Gerbers generated by KiCAD and there doesn't appear to be any kind of comment or attribute in any of the files that would betray the actual layer. (KiCAD is under heavy development, so things may have changed in recent versions.)
Wikipedia declare KiCAD 4.0.7 as Gerber X2 compliant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_EDA_software need a correction?
KiCAD insists on writing out Gerbers with a file name suffix that indicates the layer. However, my board house insists that all of the file names be the same, and that the file extension specify the layer.
Gerber specification [1] clearly say that all layer files must have .gbr extension. Layer should be in the name or better in an attribute for X2. So KiCAD is compliant, while manufacturer isn't (anyway i saw many asking out of standard like this)
[1] section.3.2 pag.37 section 6.2 pag.176 https://www.ucamco.com/files/downloads/file/81/the_gerber_file_format_specification.pdf Valerio ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Gerbv-devel mailing list Gerbv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gerbv-devel
