You don’t get a nice little image with the issue area in orange?
I got my first error, because I failed to change some text I had on the copper layer to Vector and it gave an image with the effected area’s in orange.
TheDirty:
You don’t get a nice little image with the issue area in orange?
I got my first error, because I failed to change some text I had on the copper layer to Vector and it gave an image with the effected area’s in orange.
Yes, I reviewed the drawing and the outline was in orange. The issue was that the outline (dimensions) had a width greater than 0. This is what triggered the error. I set the outline to a width of 0 and that fixed the issue.
I’m having the same problem, but I’m using FreePCB, and as far as I can tell, there’s no way to set the width of the board outline. I tried removing the board outline, but it won’t let me generate the Gerber files without it. I tried editing the Gerber files with a text editor, but I can’t figure out what to change.
This seems to be a bug in the DRC, but I can’t get my board made until I get past it.
I’m having the same problem, but I’m using FreePCB, and as far as I can tell, there’s no way to set the width of the board outline.
Its a hack, but I did this by running the FreePCB CAM twice. First time, disable the board outline and run for all layers. Second time, enable the board outline but disable all layers but top/bottom silkscreen. (It will overwrite the old silkscreen layers.) The result should be a file set with the outlines on just the silkscreen layers which will allow it to pass the SFE DRC.
Disclaimer: While this allowed me to pass the DRC, I have not actually had a board manufactured using FreePCB (normally use Eagle).
In regards to the problem with FreePCB, you can change the board width in the “Generate Gerber and Drill Files” dialog box that comes up whenever you want to generate the CAM files.