Re: gEDA-user: exporting single pcb layers

[Stephan Boettcher <boettcher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

chrysn <chrysn@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> hi geda-users,
>
> in the process of cnc-milling a pcb with a custom shape using pcb2gcode
> [1], i created a polygon on a separate layer. in the following
> processing steps, i need a gerber file that contains just that polygon
> (without holes for the pins, becaus they don't belong to the outline).

Just name the layer "outline" without the quotes, lowercase.  Draw the
outline with lines, in an exact closed loop, not as a polygone.  The
gerber export will magically do what you need.

> [1] http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pcb2gcode/

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