Circuit Maker outline

July 07, 2016, 11:36:46 pm

I have very little expirence wth make PCB. So please guide me here :-)

I have tried to make an outline file for making a PCB from dirtypcb without any luck. When I added the order to the basket I am told the following:

Board outline not found in GML/GBR/GKO file.

I have used the "Circuit Maker" program made by Altium. When you generate the gerber files you can chose to make both outline file and/or a keep out layer. But none of them seam to work for me. I get the same error from the website.

The content of the GKO looks like this:

G04 Layer_Color=16720538*
%FSLAX44Y44*%
%MOMM*%
G71*
G01*
G75*
M02*

I have attached my gerber files.

Please help me.

Thomas

Re: Circuit Maker outline

Reply #1 – July 14, 2016, 04:54:50 am

Your gerber files indeed do not include any outline.

If you search the eevblog forum for "outline" you will find a few threads about creating the outline in Altium Designer, I'd expect it's similar to Altium Circuit Maker... in short, "draw your outline on a Mechanical Layer and export that as your outline gerber"

http://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/alt ... d-outline/
http://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/i-c ... #msg110056
http://www.eevblog.com/forum/altium/how ... #msg947495