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Problem with ver 8.1

angar
Mon, 09 Feb 2015 06:58:19 GMT

When creating the isolation routing (1st step) 2 tracks not in design are placed diagonally across design effectively shorting out many tracks. This was tried with multiple designs. The gerbers was created by PCAD 2006, were checked in PCAD by importing gerber and overlaying on original design. Also both PCBs have been manufactured by PCB manufacturer with no error feedback. My guess is an (incorrect or differing) interpretation of an entry in the gerber file?

jpcaram
Wed, 11 Feb 2015 02:55:40 GMT

Please post an image illustrating the problem. I don't really understand what you mean because isolation routing only does cutting, so how could it create a short? Did you mean that your Gerber file was not interpreted as expected? Thanks, JP

angar
Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:41:21 GMT

Thank you for the reply; Attached is a screenshot. Additionally I tried the following; Since in both cases with an active design that produced a similar result, seemingly associated with the sod pattern, I created a board with just that pattern. The result was OK, it did not have the 2 diagonal lines. Andre [Fetsolbug](//muut.com/u/flatcam/s2/:flatcam:1TpE:fetsolbug.jpg.jpg)

angar
Sat, 14 Feb 2015 22:02:40 GMT

Here is another board that shows the problem, perhaps a little clearer [Dcdc-p7bug](//muut.com/u/flatcam/s2/:flatcam:unQJ:dcdcp7bug.jpg.jpg)

angar
Mon, 16 Feb 2015 22:31:16 GMT

Since my issue is apparently the same as the poster above, I have submitted the gerber files corresponding to the 2 screenshots

jpcaram
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 21:23:17 GMT

Angar, Please see https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/issue/117/gerber-incorrect-extra-trace-in-gerber Your feedback is welcome in the issue tracker. Thanks, JP

jpcaram
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:00:13 GMT

SOLVED!

angar
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 06:48:36 GMT

Thank you very much, I look forward to trying the software. Please excuse my ignorance, how do I apply the changes you have made? Being exposed to this environment for the very first time (Bitbucket et al) may I suggest that a short overview of the functionality and the specific use of the terminology is created for first time users, with no presumption of existing knowledge. Your efforts are appreciated!

jpcaram
Wed, 18 Feb 2015 14:30:07 GMT

Hi Angar, There is a lot about Git (Bitbucket, GitHub, etc) and teaching it is certainly out of the scope of this project. I can point out where to start learning though. If you are in Windows you need to install all dependencies manually... complicated but doable. You just need to download from the link "Download Repository": https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam/downloads It is a zip file containing the latest development version. The look at the Installation chapter in the manual. In Linux it's more interesting. You can use Git. Git is the standard for software development collaboration and version control. To simply get a copy of the repository, you would just run: --- git clone https://bitbucket.org/jpcgt/flatcam.git --- And it will clone the repository into a new folder. To update again, you need to go to the FlatCAM folder and simply run: --- git pull --- Naturally you need to install all dependencies, but at least for Ubuntu there is an setup script in the main folder. I hope this helps, JP