There is a new release of the Gerber specification (J1). It defines attributes to specify the function of a file or a pad. There is one attribute that is immediately useful to me (because it has bitten me in the past): an attribute that says what the Gerber file represents (copper, mask, silk, etc.) and in the case of copper, its position in the stack.
Now, this is useful only when a PCB manufacturer supports this, but that happens to be my luck: Eurocircuits (where I buy almost all PCBs) is backing up this standard. I have been looking to add Gerber X2 to KiCad. It requires a change in the plotter interface, and I will probably need to touch a dozen files or so (plus possibly adding a few). Now I'd like to query before going ahead: is it a useful extension? Or would I be the only one using it? In the latter case, it may be easier (for me) to write a Gerber post-processor. Regards, Thiadmer Riemersma
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