[HH] board outline file from freePCB?

[Drew Van Zandt]

Did you draw in your board outline in the CAD?  Generally it's in blue.  If
you did and it is still behaving oddly, email me the file and I'll take a
quick look.

--DTVZ



*Drew Van Zandt Cam # US2010035593 (M:Agapito Acosta) *


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Greg London <email at greglondon.com> wrote:

>
> I'm trying to use TinyCAD to draw a schematic and
> FreePCB to create a board. I got everything nailed
> down, and crammed into a 2 layer 3 square inch board,
> so I went to oshpark.com to upload files
> and order some boards.
>
> They say they want 8 different Gerber CAM files for a 2 layer board.
>
> https://oshpark.com/guidelines
>
> There are 8 files listed, including a board outline file
> with a .GKO extension.
>
> In FreePCB, Ver 1.2, the file->Generate CAM files->
> gives me a popup menu which has 7 files, but under the
> "gerber file options", it has a checkmark by a line that says:
>
> "include board outline".
>
> When I click on "create files", it only generates 7 files.
> I don't see anything that matches the board outline file
> that oshpark is looking for.
>
> Last time I did this was a couple years ago, but I used the
> same exact tools to generate the files. The only difference
> is that I used Dorkbot to fab the PCB, which is now oshpark.
> So I don't know if oshpark requires a new file that dorkbot
> did not need, or if there is some option somewhere in
> FreePCB that will make it generate the board outline file.
>
> Anyone know how to get FreePCB to generate this file?
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
>
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