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Gerber format options that to be selected.

Ram1234
Ram1234 over 1 year ago

Hi Team,

Good day!

While generating the Gerber files,

Which checkboxes should be selected, and why, especially concerning the suppression options and the apertures?..

Please help us understand in depth.

Thanks

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  • SandeepVarrier
    +1 SandeepVarrier over 1 year ago

    The Device type field specifies the plotter model: Gerber 274 X is used mostly this is dependent on the format the manufacturer requires the file

     

    Suppression :

     

    The Suppress fields control whether the PCB Editor tool writes leading or trailing zeroes or equal coordinates in the Gerber data file. You cannot suppress both leading and trailing zeroes. Selecting Equal coordinates reduces the size of the Gerber data file.

     

    Any zeroes appearing to the left of the first non-zero digit (of any integer or decimal) do not affect its value, and can be omitted: Suppress leading zeros

     

    similarly the trailing zeros after the decimal point non-zero digit which can be insignificant: Suppress trailing zeros

     

    If there are more than one data at a specific coordinate then the coordinates are not repeated in the Gerber file: Suppress EQUAL  

     

    SUPPRESS-LEAD-ZEROES  YES

    SUPPRESS-TRAIL-ZEROES NO

    SUPPRESS-EQUAL   YES




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  • Ram1234
    0 Ram1234 over 1 year ago in reply to SandeepVarrier

    Thanks

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