This video shows you how to use the FLatCam software to generate a g-code file which will be used for PCB prototyping i.e. engraving, holes drilling and border cut out.
Hi, Its at good practice to move xy and then z to avoid collision if there are some obstetrical while travelling to destination point. BTW: Many thanks for detailed tutorial, well made.
Hello I have seen your video several times now, in order to get my own PCB design converted to Gerber and exellon files in flatcam. My pcb layer g- code is working super, but when i load the eagle layer 44 and 45 as exellon file into flatcam, my drill locations are expanded outside board dimensions. Like multiplied with factor 100? Do you have any idea what my problem can be? Eagle 8.43 and internal cam processor to generates the outputs. Thank you. far outside the board dimension. I have tried and tried, but can not find a way to solve it.
Hi Niels I don't have a licence for Eagle PCB layout so I can't reproduce your issue here. Try this first; Before you load any Gerber or Excellon file, go to Option and in the drop down menu, select PROJECT OPTION, then for the Unit select Inch. After this load all your files (Gerber and Excellon files) keeping the same option. After that if you want to work in mm; change the Units to mm. If this doesn't resolve your issue, you can send me your files or dummy Gerber file (generated by Eagle) and let me try it. Please let me know how you got on.
Hi Zulfqar, The border menu cut out in the Flatcam allow you only to cut rectangular shape only. If you have a funny shape choose the same way what I did.
Dear sir Please help me i convert gerber g code by gerber file... as same process. but my copper layer and drill not match... dril file are expand... pl help i done all procedure as give below comments
Maybe you had the same issue as mine, My PCB layout software generates Gerber files in inch or metric and some how the excellon file only in inch. So what to do, in the Flatcam select inch as using in the menu. open the Gerber files and the Excellon file then if you want you can change to metric ( or mm) in the FlatCam. What ever your gerber files and excellon file unit has to match the FlatCam unit.
I also had this trouble, my drill holes were mostly in the right position but were also scaled 10 times too. For me it appears that the Eagle software does not include padded zeros. For instance, it would output X123Y1234 when it should be producing X0123Y1234. That missing zero caused me all kinds of problems. I had to manually open the drill file in TextEdit, then add the missing zeros. It worked fine after that. This was the case for both inches and metric
The best FlatCam tutorial I have seen so far!
Hi, Its at good practice to move xy and then z to avoid collision if there are some obstetrical while travelling to destination point.
BTW: Many thanks for detailed tutorial, well made.
Glad to help spread the knowledge.
open excellent and open drill put not appear drill point on schematic
and I read message
[error] Failed to parse defaults file.
I want to do "the copper area clear function", how to do that in FlatCam ?
Hello
I have seen your video several times now, in order to get my own PCB design converted to Gerber and exellon files in flatcam.
My pcb layer g- code is working super, but when i load the eagle layer 44 and 45 as exellon file into flatcam, my drill locations are expanded outside board dimensions. Like multiplied with factor 100?
Do you have any idea what my problem can be? Eagle 8.43 and internal cam processor to generates the outputs.
Thank you.
far outside the board dimension. I have tried and tried, but can not find a way to solve it.
Hi Niels
I don't have a licence for Eagle PCB layout so I can't reproduce your issue here.
Try this first; Before you load any Gerber or Excellon file, go to Option and in the drop down menu, select PROJECT OPTION, then for the Unit select Inch. After this load all your files (Gerber and Excellon files) keeping the same option. After that if you want to work in mm; change the Units to mm.
If this doesn't resolve your issue, you can send me your files or dummy Gerber file (generated by Eagle) and let me try it. Please let me know how you got on.
nice tutorial but the selection/deletion of the borders didnt work
Hi Rab, why not use the board cut out function in flatcam.
Hi Zulfqar,
The border menu cut out in the Flatcam allow you only to cut rectangular shape only. If you have a funny shape choose the same way what I did.
Hi,
How to create a .gbr file from Eagle Cad
hii.. why my gerber eagle outline cut out can not show.. flatcam says "No geometry found in file"..
can you send me the Gerber file ?
Dear sir
Please help me i convert gerber g code by gerber file... as same process.
but my copper layer and drill not match... dril file are expand...
pl help i done all procedure as give below comments
Please, read the comments below. I replied to similar issue below.
Hi,
my excellon file did not match the drill holes with the gerber file,
what do I need to to do to fix the problems,
many thanks in advance
Maybe you had the same issue as mine, My PCB layout software generates Gerber files in inch or metric and some how the excellon file only in inch. So what to do, in the Flatcam select inch as using in the menu. open the Gerber files and the Excellon file then if you want you can change to metric ( or mm) in the FlatCam. What ever your gerber files and excellon file unit has to match the FlatCam unit.
very usefull hint. I was searching for hours what went wrong.
I also had this trouble, my drill holes were mostly in the right position but were also scaled 10 times too. For me it appears that the Eagle software does not include padded zeros. For instance, it would output X123Y1234 when it should be producing X0123Y1234. That missing zero caused me all kinds of problems. I had to manually open the drill file in TextEdit, then add the missing zeros. It worked fine after that.
This was the case for both inches and metric
any one have other software to convert G-code?
Iap You jump from there to there without explane so much what you do. Maibe you learn in the meantime. Otherwise is a good video. 👍