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NC Drill Holes Appear Offset from Gerber Artwork

Electro Node
Electro Node 3 days ago

Hello Folks,

I have completed my PCB design and am at the stage of sending the manufacturing data to the fabricator. Before releasing the data, I wanted to verify the generated Gerber and NC Drill files myself.

While reviewing the outputs in a Gerber viewer, I noticed that the drill holes appear offset from the artwork data, which does not look correct. The board database itself seems fine, but the generated output files show a mismatch between the drill locations and the Gerber artwork.

What could be causing this offset, and how can it be corrected before sending the manufacturing package?

Thanks,

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  • avant
    0 avant 13 hours ago

    Make sure the board database and the NC parameters use the same units - metric or inches.

    - Same with the Gerber viewer.

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