2. Your Demo.dxf file looks fine. However, the lower-left origin is
1750mm (in X), which is not practical for gerber conversions, so I
moved the lower-left closer to the origin. There were also some
small entities that had no relevance in the DXF (so I deleted
those). The goal is to keep the DXF simple to have a successful
Gerber conversion.
Here's a tutorial showing me perform these steps:
(1) Edit the DXF as explained above (using Free Draftsight or
AutoCAD).
(2) Perform conversion of DXF to Gerber and generate Drill files
using ACE 3000.
Is it compulsory that we should have a layer called ''drill'' in which all the holes are to be situated for generating the NC drill data?.Why I am asking this question is because we normally create a layer called ""pth"" and assign all the PTH circles to that layer.
Wanted to generate NC data for this layer but I found the information being generated was incomplete.
1. Here's the link to our standard guidelines for performing DXF to Gerber conversions that you may find helpful:
http://www.numericalinnovations.com/blogs/news/7099866-dxf-conversion-secrets-for-gerber-gds-ii-odb-etc
2. Your Demo.dxf file looks fine. However, the lower-left origin is 1750mm (in X), which is not practical for gerber conversions, so I moved the lower-left closer to the origin. There were also some small entities that had no relevance in the DXF (so I deleted those). The goal is to keep the DXF simple to have a successful Gerber conversion.
Here's a tutorial showing me perform these steps:
(1) Edit the DXF as explained above (using Free Draftsight or AutoCAD).
(2) Perform conversion of DXF to Gerber and generate Drill files using ACE 3000.
https://numericalsoftware-update.s3.amazonaws.com/tutorials/dxf_gerber_ace.mp4
Note: To generate an NC Drill file you must have a layer which contains the circles that are the NC Drill. Then during ACE Gerber Export Options, check the column "Drill", for the layer which has the drill holes. I couldn't see a drill layer in your drawing so I did not check it.
https://numericalinnovations.freshdesk.com/support/discussions/topics/14000002305
https://numericalinnovations.freshdesk.com/discussions/topics/14000002565
Best regards,
Simon
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Sivampeta Dheeraj posted about 8 years ago
Is it compulsory that we should have a layer called ''drill'' in which all the holes are to be situated for generating the NC drill data?.Why I am asking this question is because we normally create a layer called ""pth"" and assign all the PTH circles to that layer.
Wanted to generate NC data for this layer but I found the information being generated was incomplete.
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