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[jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Le 30/08/2017 à 18:02, Jon Evans a écrit :
> Hi JP,
> 
> This is a nice feature and it seems to work well!
> I did have to make one change in gerber_jobfile_writer.cpp:154 to get it to compile on MacOS / LLVM:
> adding c_str()
> 
> fputs( header[ii].c_str(), jobFile );
> 
> Best,
> Jon
> 

Thanks.

I committed a fix (use TO_UTF8() instead of c_str() ). It should work on all platforms.


> On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 11:26 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>>
> wrote:
> 
>     Le 30/08/2017 à 13:40, Marcos Chaparro a écrit :
>     > For simple jobs I tell the manufacturer layer count and pcb thickness, both parameters are available
>     > in design rules->layers setup
> 
>     Sure, for simple jobs, this is enough.
> 
>     But in more tricky cases ( impedance controlled boards, or boards using large tracks for high
>     currents ), you need to add a lot more info.
>     For instance:
>     - Dielectric thickness for each layer (and sometimes dielectric constant and thickness tolerance for
>     impedance controlled ).
>       It is not always the (pcb thickness) / (number of layers-1)
>     - Copper layers thickness (not necessary the same for all layers).
>     - Where are the core and prepeg layers.
>     - Color of solder masks and/or silk screen
>     - The finishing of external copper layers
>     and certainly more...
> 
>     Of course, you can send this info to the manufacturer in a text file written by hand, but
>     a board layers stack editor and the associated Gerber job file are a convenient way to manage these
>     cases.
>     Moreover, a board layers stack editor could help to manage blind/buried vias constraints.
>     (Currently there is no constraint for blind/buried vias, but many manufacturers have constraints)
> 
>     > Silkscreen and soldermask colors are somehow stored for 3Dviewer, maybe they are not stored in a
>     > usable way.
> 
>     Not usable, because it does not live in the .kicad_pcb file but in your user preferences.
> 
>     >
>     > Cheers
>     >
>     > Marcos>
>     > On Wed, Aug 30, 2017 at 8:16 AM, jp charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> <mailto:jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx <mailto:jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx>>>
>     > wrote:
>     >
>     >     Hi all,
>     >
>     >     I just committed a basic support for Gerber job file.
>     >
>     >     The purpose of a Gerber job file is to handle info needed for board manufacturing.
>     >
>     >     Because (unfortunately) Pcbnew has not actual support of the board layers stack, info about layer
>     >     stack, dielectric and copper thickness, silkscreen color, finishing external copper layers... is not
>     >     output in the job file.
>     >
>     >     However, this job file contains (among a few other useful parameters) the list of Gerber plot files
>     >     created by the plot dialog, and loading this file by Gerbview loads also all Gerber files created by
>     >     this plot dialog.
>     >
>     >     Please, try it.
>     >
>     >     --
>     >     Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
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