Can't figure these errors out!

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Okay, maybe it’s first-time goofiness, but I can’t figure out why the DRCbot is giving me these errors:

  1. Board dimensions. It says the board is

X Max: -2.31 X Min: -5.882 Y Max: 4.82 Y Min: 2.5,

but it really is

X Max: -2.305 XMin:-5.5575 Y Max: 4.825 Y Min: 2.496

So it’s close enough in all but one dimension (X min). Viewmate doesn’t find anything out there,

except a moire target, but this value doesn’t line up with it at all.

  1. What does “Warning: No drill points were found” really mean? I did screw

up the first submission (Please don’t even bother trying to figure it out),

but I fixed my zip file, & the bot found the right file inside, but it still doesn’t

like what I sent.

I’m using an old version of OrCAD (9.10) if that helps.

Thanks. Can’t wait to get my first pcb.

tom

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Tom,

I use Orcad 9.2, which should be very similar to 9.1.

About the dimensions, batch pcb’s drc also gave me strange results slightly off from the actual values for the dimensions. The pcbs came out just fine. If the gerber files look good in viewmate, that’s a good indication that everything is ok. I usually have the board outline on the global layer (0), and the origin in the lower left of the pcb. The post process tool places that outline on the .ast layer (if enabled).

As far as the drill points, did you include the thruhole.tap file in the .zip? The .drd is just gerber artwork for the drill symbols.

I can send you .zip of a project I recently ordered, so you can view the files.

Hope this helps!!!

  • Mike
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This is easy. :wink:

embedded_tom:
Okay, maybe it’s first-time goofiness, but I can’t figure out why the DRCbot is giving me these errors:

  1. Board dimensions. It says the board is

X Max: -2.31 X Min: -5.882 Y Max: 4.82 Y Min: 2.5,

but it really is

X Max: -2.305 XMin:-5.5575 Y Max: 4.825 Y Min: 2.496

So it’s close enough in all but one dimension (X min).

The DRC bot seems to have a bug in calculating the Xmin value across the board (so to speak). See http://www.sparkfun.com/cgi-bin/phpbb/v … php?t=2283.

  1. What does “Warning: No drill points were found” really mean? I did screw

up the first submission (Please don’t even bother trying to figure it out),

but I fixed my zip file, & the bot found the right file inside, but it still doesn’t

like what I sent.

I’m using an old version of OrCAD (9.10) if that helps.

I’m using OrCAD 10, and have the same problem. The good news is that all you need to do is open up your thruholes.tap file in a text editor and make a few simple changes – see http://www.sparkfun.com/cgi-bin/phpbb/v … php?t=2146 (feel free to PM if you need any help with that).

Hope this helps!

Ben