Jpg To Gerber Full Copper Removal

If traces are drawn as thick lines instead of closed polygons, they wont be able to be welded to the pads.

I am currently designing a PCB Board Schematic in Corel Draw to be routed out using a CNC router.

Why not download one of the many free PCB CAD programs that generate Gerber files as a matter of course -Phil.

Even if you could export the traces from CorelDraw to Gerber, that still doesnt solve the problem of creating an NCD drill file.

Phil.

In DipTrace, you can import graphics and then export them within gerber.

When you export your design, it will convert the graphic into RS274X (gerber format) which will get you the desired result, albeit the long way around.

Excellonformat drill files are quite popular, and there are others.

While technically Gerber can be used the drill formats have features not in Gerber specifically for drilling.

Duane J.

Suck it up, forget CorelDraw, and use a proper PCB CAD program Sheesh -Phil.

The thing is, Im (1) Moving house, (2) Trying to get a robot ready for National Titles, (3) Having to attend another event all within the space of 2 weeks, I really need a solution, and quickly.

You can get commercial filmwork via Postscript files, so do not need Gerber.

Jpg To Gerber Full Copper Removal

If you want to use a CNC router to remove copper, full copper removal is very slow, but you maybe able to google Vinyl CutterPlotter support.

That is an outline based plot, and Corel Draw is widely used in that industry.

That would have been helpful info to provide from the get-go.

I suppose you could export or print your design as a PDF and use this tool.

Lines in CorelDraw are strokes with width; they are not outlined polygons.

I have a vinyl cutter and use CorelDraw, and I know from experience that unless all traces are done as polygons, then welded together with all the pads -- a ridiculous way to go about it, BTW -- you do not get an outline-based plot.

It isnt that bad.

I committed to six months of learning it and now getting good results.

So he could try a weld operation and a outline plot, and see what the time cost is, and what the issues are If the local unis CNC router can accept plot files as a path, that may be good enough I found comments about the weld command earlier on google, but less luck on tool width(pencil) compensation, since if you wanted to push this, the cutter width would need to be taken into account when creating the path polylines.