Generate Drill and Gerber Files
Using KiCad, is there a way to have a pad with an slot shape (referred to in KiCad as 'oval') be exported properly as a drill (.drl) file? The pad in KiCad looks like Fig. Select plot after clicking the file, to open the plot window. 64: Screenshot of Plot Button in File Menu in KIcad. Do the things in the plot window as shown in the following figure: Fig. 65: Screenshot of Plot Window in KIcad. Now go to the main window and click the “gerbview” button to open. Download the resulting ZIP archive, extract it, open the.pro File in KiCad 5. In case of problems, review the altium2kicad-conversionlog.txt Logfile in the ZIP archive. If you have any issues with this converter, please file them on the altium2kicad Issue page. ModelSource - KiCad converter Beta.
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Select File -> Plot from the menu to open the gerber generation tool.
- .brd - KiCad Board Layout File. The BRD document files are related to KiCad. BRD file is a KiCad Board Layout File. KiCad is an EDA software suite for the creation of professional schematics and printed circuit boards up to 16 layers. KiCad runs on Windows, Linux and Apple OS X and is released under the open-source GNU GPL v2 free of charge.
- Adding a logo to your KiCAD PCB. For PCB design I use the open-source schematic and PCB design software KiCAD.Its a great program and has gotten a lot better recently. It is unlimited in size, components and number of layers and has lots of the features of very expensive professional PCB layout software.
In general, there are 8x layers you need to have a PCB fabricated:
- Top Copper (F.Cu)+ Soldermask (F.Mask) + Silkscreen (F.SilkS)
- Bottom Copper (B.Cu) + Soldermask (B.Mask) + Silkscreen (B.SilkS)
- Board outline (Edge.Cuts)
- Drill file
In the Plot window with the Plot format set for Gerber, be sure these Layers are checked:
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If you don't know which layers, please check all layers, JLCPCB will help you to use the right layers. Click ‘Plot’ to generate the
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Don't forget to Generate the Drill Files. Click on ‘Generate Drill File’ button. You can use the defaults here as well. Check the 'Merge PTH and NPTH holes into one file' box. For now just click ‘Drill File’ or press ‘enter’ to generate the drill file. Use the same output folder as for the gerbers, which should be the default.
Check the Gerber files in GerbView
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Next, click ‘Close’to exit the Drill and Plot windows. All of the files should have appeared in your gerbers folder. KiCAD comes with a gerber viewer called GerbView, you can open the “GerbView” and check what your board looks like before sending it to manufacturer.
For more details, please see this video tutorial of generating Gerber files for manufacturing in KiCad.
For Kicad 5.1.5, please check this tutorial.
If everything looks OK, select all of the files, zip them up, and upload the zip file to JLCPCB order page.