Thanks for all the replies. I didn't know about the fields that allows you to control the size of the film. Once I made that large enough everything ran smoothly.
Thanks again, brian -----Original Message----- From: Richard Sumner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:52 AM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] trouble generating Gerber files in Protel 99SE Have you tried making the film bigger? Once you get it to plot, you can see what the problem is. At 10:41 AM 7/11/2003, you wrote: >When I attempt to generate CAM files (F9 after designating gerber file >outputs) for 3 particular PCBs I get the following error message: "The >Film is too small for this PCB" > >I have made sure that there are no extraneous items outside the board area >(edit:select:outside area then deleting anything selected) and checked >the footprints in the design to see that they are compact (primitives not >offset wildly from the origin for the footprint). > >These 3 PCBs measure 8.3 inches by 14 inches but I haven't found anything >in the online help about a maximum board size that is supported. A >coworker tried reworking the board and cut it down to 8.3 inches by 10 >inches and had no success generating the files on her machine (so the >problem isn't >with my copy of Protel). The items that were copied from one board to >another have been deleted and replaced and still no success at generating >CAM files. > >I generated a dummy board and I was able to generate Gerber CAM files for it. > >Any suggestions? Thanks for your assistance. > >Brian Heeter >NSWC Crane Indiana >(812)854-4772 > Cheesecote Mountain CAMAC, 24 Halley Drive; Pomona, NY 10970 voice: 845 364 0211, fax: 845 362 6947, www.cmcamac.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
