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RE: gEDA-user: PCB gerber export problem



I just hit this issue too with 20060822, except it is Wise Software
GerbTool Version 15.0 SR2 that is reporting the no clearances on vias
and through-holes. I am going to try another viewer, but I am currently
worried...

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> Hi everyone
> 
> Yesterday I sent a layout I've made with PCB (exported to gerber) to
our
> faculty PCB fabrication department. Fortunately people there checked
the
> layout before actually starting the machine and warned me that it
looks
> a bit strange.
> 
> This is how a part of my layout looks like on their machine:
> 
> http://www.tablix.org/~avian/geda/pcb/gerber-problem/circuitcam.jpg
> 
> And this is how it looks on PCB:
> 
> http://www.tablix.org/~avian/geda/pcb/gerber-problem/pcb.png
> 
> You can see that clearance around pins and lines is missing in some
> parts of the gerber output. Strangely, the same gerber files look OK
in
> "gerbv" viewer.
> 
> Does anyone have any ideas how to solve this problem? I think it's
> highly unlikely that this would be a bug on their end.
> 
> I'm using PCB version 20060822. I also tried the latest CVS version
but
> that just introduced a lot more errors (clearances were all wrong and
> some polygons don't show at all in the output)
> 
> Best regards
> Tomaz



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