Re: gEDA-user: PCB: outline layer not exported to gerber?

[Marshall Jose <Marshall.Jose@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Indeed, putting it in a separate layer named "outline" IS exactly what I 
did (twice, as I described). What is the name of file which will have 
this resultant outline? All I got were the 
projectname.{front,back}{,mask,paste}.gbr files, the fab file, and the 
{,un}plated-drill.cnc files. I never saw any file with a name like 
"outline", routing, etc.

Are you saying I need to create a separate .PCB file which has only the 
outline?

Thanks,
Marshall

DJ Delorie wrote:
>> showed up on the silkscreen layer, but was never output with the
>> gerber files.
>>     
>
> Right.  Most fabs want the outline separate, or on an assembly/fab
> drawing, or sometimes on the solder mask print.
>
> If you put it on all the copper layers, you end up with a copper
> stripe around each layer, which isn't what you want.
>
> So, put it in a layer named "outline" and send that to the fab as the
> outline (sometimes called "routing") gerber.
>   
-- 
Marshall Jose, WA3VPZ




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