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ThisIsNotRocketScience / GerberTools

Tools to load/edit/create/panelizer sets of gerber files
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Panelizer always creates gerbers with zero layers (Win11) #151

Open jjne1 opened 6 months ago

jjne1 commented 6 months ago

I've been playing around with this software today and I cannot get it to work correctly.

I can import a gerber no problem, but no matter whether I use one of my own from Kicad 8, or one downloaded from elsewhere, the software always creates a zero-layer board, seemingly with the layout only included (with drill holes). No silkscreen, no traces.

The software doesn't return any errors and is entirely consistent. It produces a log on-screen, but this doesn't stay on-screen long enough to see whether any errors are being generated along the way. It then displays the two PNGs (top and bottom) which are also grey and have no layer details.

I have a hard time believing that it's the gerbers at fault from multiple sources. It's possible this is a Win11 issue, is there anything available to detect what the issue may be here? Since the software combines the gerbers, it's not immediately obvious from the files themselves whether the data is there but incorrectly parsed, or simply missing.

jjne1 commented 6 months ago

OK I think I've sorted it after reading some of the other issues.

Hopefully this will help someone - in Kicad the filename extensions need to be in Protel format, and aperture markers disabled (not sure if the latter is strictly necessary but it seems to be a recommendation).