On Tuesday 12 February 2008 20:10:01 agustinvalenciag wrote: > Hi everyone ! > > I've some troubles on my job... so is it possible to make a pcb using > kicad and read it in eagle after ? > > i know that is a rare question, but, what's up if the pcb > manufacturer can't read the kicad's file ? or there's always a way to > read the files ? > > I think that gerber files are the same in any software, but i take > some .brd archives and try to open it in eagle, and isn't possible > (eagle output format is .brd too), i don't know if with gerber files > happens the same. > > my boss ask me that and i can't answer him, please help me. > > thanks ! > (excuse my bad english) > agustín.
The Eagle .brd files are EAGLE PROPRIETARY and not Gerber format!!!! The KiCad GERBER files are readable. You CANNOT send the KiCad datafiles to your PCB manufacturer if he only supports Gerber. You have to PLOT the KiCad files first. These Gerber files will have the extension .pho //Dan, M0DFI
