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Ground plane

kentxu
Mon, 26 May 2014 14:19:10 GMT

Thanks for creating this program, it looks great so far!! I have a question on tracks within a ground plane: This is the gerber view in Altium, with a polygon pour for the ground plane. [Gerber](//res.cloudinary.com/moot/image/upload/t_d3-gallery-s3/v1401113951/:flatcam:ycDV:gerber.png.jpg) And this is the result in FlatCAM [Flatcam](//res.cloudinary.com/moot/image/upload/t_d3-gallery-s3/v1401113951/:flatcam:uJtn:flatcam.png.jpg) So it is not seeing the ground plane. Instead the GND pads are not connected. Is there some setting I need to change? Thanks!!

jpcaram
Mon, 26 May 2014 18:21:22 GMT

This looks like a bug in FlatCAM. I've also used Altium with ground planes and it was working in version Alpha 4 on Windows 7. Could you please send me your file using [this link](http://caram.cl/software/flatcam/flatcam-support/)? JP

kentxu
Mon, 26 May 2014 20:29:55 GMT

I've uploaded the file as "7V PSU.zip", Thanks.

kentxu
Tue, 27 May 2014 17:42:39 GMT

Just as a bit of additional info; I tried changing the polygon pour from solid to hatched, and FlatCAM gets stuck on "Creating Geomertry" while trying to open the gerber file. Hope this helps. K

jpcaram
Tue, 03 Jun 2014 20:31:46 GMT

I haven't looked at your file yet, but I'll do my best to check it out before I release Alpha 5.

kentxu
Wed, 04 Jun 2014 20:50:55 GMT

Thanks JP. Since then I have tried it in CopperCAM without success, and in CamBam which does open it correctly. K

jpcaram
Sat, 07 Jun 2014 00:27:56 GMT

Hi K, It's working on the upcoming release (sometime this month). See: [7V_PSU](//res.cloudinary.com/moot/image/upload/t_d3-gallery-s1/v1402100832/:flatcam:MKbq:7v_psu.png.jpg) Thanks, JP

kentxu
Sat, 07 Jun 2014 09:32:40 GMT

Great! Thanks for looking into this one. I look forward to the release...