manufacture eagle gerber issue.

e14 Contributor over 13 years ago

hello

I have just tried to manufacture my gerber file.

it was created in eagle , 4 designs merged on one panel 266mm x 161mm

it is tested in gc-prevue. and imports fine no errors.

heres a pic:

the board house say max 500mm x 500mm and any more than two designs will

induce a fee.

so i am within the limits but will be charged extra for the 4 designs.

so i send my .rar containing the gerber files.

They email me back and say:

"We have reviewed your Gerber file. Unfortunately, we cannot make the panel

as Gerber shows.

It's too big to apply stamp holes between it and V-cut cannot apply on it

as it's not triangle shape.

So We suggest you order these boards separately through our online order

form. 5% discount can be used if you order them together. "

I do not understand what they mean. Have i done something wrong?

if i order them seperately it will cost 3 times as much. i simply cannot

afford that.

The way they have typed that email message , makes me feel I have no hope

because I am a novice and they know that.

This board house has the best deal on price I can find. so i was really

hopiong to use their services.

please , can anyone help ?

thanks qwerks. : )

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e14 Contributor over 13 years ago

On Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:58:48 -0500, john wrote:

hello

I have just tried to manufacture my gerber file.

it was created in eagle , 4 designs merged on one panel 266mm x 161mm

it is tested in gc-prevue. and imports fine no errors.

heres a pic:

the board house say max 500mm x 500mm and any more than two designs will
induce a fee.

so i am within the limits but will be charged extra for the 4 designs.

so i send my .rar containing the gerber files.

They email me back and say:

"We have reviewed your Gerber file. Unfortunately, we cannot make the
panel as Gerber shows.
It's too big to apply stamp holes between it and V-cut cannot apply on
it as it's not triangle shape.
So We suggest you order these boards separately through our online order
form. 5% discount can be used if you order them together. "

I do not understand what they mean. Have i done something wrong? if i
order them seperately it will cost 3 times as much. i simply cannot
afford that.

The way they have typed that email message , makes me feel I have no
hope because I am a novice and they know that.

This board house has the best deal on price I can find. so i was really
hopiong to use their services.

please , can anyone help ?

thanks qwerks. : )

Your attachment didn't come through. I'm not sure if this newsgroup
allows them.

Do you want them to make stamp holes or v-cut lines? Or are you happy
with getting a panel and sawing out your individual boards by hand?

You probably sent Gerbers with a dimension layer, and that layer probably
had the board outlines shown individually. If you're willing to whack
things out yourself, change that to a dimension layer with one large
outline that catches all the boards.

OTOH, if the manufacturer will respond perhaps you should ask them what
you need to do to get what you want -- and remember that spending time
helping beginners to understand their process costs money; if they are
unwilling then keep looking for a board house that will until you find
it, at which point you can consider that you're spending some bux on
boards, and some bux on learning how to use the cheaper places later.

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