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imported file is nothing like it should be

peterhumphreys
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 10:10:17 GMT

hi; im trying to laser etch a pcb for a 3 axis dro which the guy at shumatech has been kind enough to make free to the world (can be found here http://www.shumatech.com/web/products/dro-350/construction/pcb ) but when i try to load the gbl or gtl file it doesnt appear like it should, does anyone have any idea what im doing wrong?

peterhumphreys
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 10:45:00 GMT

[Gone wrong](//muut.com/u/flatcam/s3/:flatcam:O2zf:gonewrong.png.jpg) this is what im seeing and i cant get it to display the way it shoul or how it does in everyones examples and tutorials

Marius Stanciu
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 13:28:52 GMT

Hi Peter, I've tried the files from here: http://www.shumatech.com/products/dro-350/pcb/DRO-350r2.ZIP This issue that you are seeing it's a bug in the FlatCAM 8.5 Gerber parser. The Excellon file it's also not typical as it define the units outside of the header. The Nightly x64 build of the FlatCAM fork that I release from time to time in the topic below it's able to load correctly your Gerber files but the Excellon file with units and zeros defined outside the header is not yet supported. [Dro350-top](//muut.com/u/flatcam/s2/:flatcam:i3g4:dro350top.jpg.jpg)

Marius Stanciu
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 15:56:45 GMT

I've just added parser support for units defined outside header so your Execllon will load, too. I will upload soon another FlatCAM 2018 Nightly release.

Marius Stanciu
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 16:01:15 GMT

[Dro350_copper_excellon](//muut.com/u/flatcam/s2/:flatcam:G6Zw:dro350_copper_excellon.jpg.jpg)

peterhumphreys
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 20:29:57 GMT

awesome, thanks for that, how do i get the nightly release when its up?

Marius Stanciu
Sat, 17 Nov 2018 22:06:15 GMT

It's already posted in the topic below named: "Nightly X64 version of FlatCAM". In case it's not visible, you need to click the "All posts" button in the top of this page. See the last post, there you'll find the link for the installer. But it requires x64 OS and a graphic card capable of OpenGL 2.0 (most videocards newer than 10 years should do) because this version is 3D accelerated.

peterhumphreys
Wed, 21 Nov 2018 19:12:22 GMT

thanks for the help but i cant use it, im still on 32bit