Faceplate, doesnt show holes?
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Locrian99
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Hmm when i go into diptrace export to gerber hit preview
Heres is board
Here is board outline
Nostradoomus
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Mine don't show up in the regular view but they do in the gerber viewer on jlc
Locrian99
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In the gerber viewer mine looks loke this do the cutouts just sort of punch out like the vscoring?
Robert
Reverse Engineer
The non-rounded corners in the preview is normal.
It does seem odd that the outlines of your cutouts are white in the preview. Did you create the drill holes with the circle tool or the mounting hole tool? If you used the circle tool make absolutely sure those are set to Board Outline and not Top/Bottom Silk. If you used the Hole tool make sure your NC Drill file is included in the Gerber zip file.
It very well could just be quirkiness with the JLCPCB preview function, I've had some other abnormalities in the past that didn't show up in the end result. Quite a few of my Gerbers won't show a preview on the website at all but they work fine.
If you're ever in doubt you can use this online Gerber preview tool, it'll show you exactly what you're going to get.
I have a couple offline versions as well but this one is made by the designers of the Gerber format so I assume it's accurate...
It does seem odd that the outlines of your cutouts are white in the preview. Did you create the drill holes with the circle tool or the mounting hole tool? If you used the circle tool make absolutely sure those are set to Board Outline and not Top/Bottom Silk. If you used the Hole tool make sure your NC Drill file is included in the Gerber zip file.
It very well could just be quirkiness with the JLCPCB preview function, I've had some other abnormalities in the past that didn't show up in the end result. Quite a few of my Gerbers won't show a preview on the website at all but they work fine.
If you're ever in doubt you can use this online Gerber preview tool, it'll show you exactly what you're going to get.
I have a couple offline versions as well but this one is made by the designers of the Gerber format so I assume it's accurate...
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Locrian99
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Alright good to hear, it is as im sure you can tell one of your templates. Its not the 3.50$ on the board its the week or two waiting and then having to fix
Locrian99
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Hmm will have to check but i think they are set to board cut out. Ill check the preview tool before i order them tonight. Thx.
lespauldoc
New member
Sorry to jump on: I'm just starting to figure out how to use all of this. Success on my first 4 PCBs on my own project in Eagle!
Now, want to make these faceplates. Any how to?
I just found "SheepyLove" GitHub links.....
Any tutorial on making pcb faceplates? I'm pretty decent in Eagle at the moment, just need a generalized explanation before I take off!
Thanks for any advice.
Now, want to make these faceplates. Any how to?
I just found "SheepyLove" GitHub links.....
Any tutorial on making pcb faceplates? I'm pretty decent in Eagle at the moment, just need a generalized explanation before I take off!
Thanks for any advice.
Locrian99
Well-known member
i just used the templates. Moved/copy pasted holes to where they worked for my pcb. I need to work on making the outline larger while keeping thr curved corners, havent tried yet just on my ever growing list
