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Revision 2017.03 (8 March 2017; 10 months ago ( 2017-03-08)) Type of format Gerber Format Specification Website The Gerber format is an for 2D. It is the used by (PCB) industry software to describe the printed circuit board images: copper layers, solder mask, legend, etc. Gerber is used in.
PCBs are designed on a specialized (EDA) or a (CAD) system. The CAD systems output PCB fabrication data to allow fabrication of the board. This data typically contains a Gerber file for each image layer (copper layers, solder mask.). Gerber is also the standard image input format for all bare board fabrication equipment needing image data, such as, legend printers, direct imagers or (AOI) machines and for viewing reference images in different departments.
Red Stone Ds English Patch. For assembly the fabrication data contains the solder paste layers and the central locations of components to create the and place and bond the components. There are two major generations of Gerber format: • Extended Gerber, or RS-274X.
This is the current Gerber format. In 2014, the graphics format was extended with the option to add meta-information to the graphics objects.
Files with attributes are called X2 files, without X1 files. • Standard Gerber, or RS-274-D.
This obsolete format was revoked. It no longer conforms to the Gerber format specification and can therefore no longer be called a Gerber format. The standard file extension is.GBR or.gbr though other extensions are also used. View of a gerber format file.
PCBs are designed on a specialized (EDA) or a (CAD) system. The CAD systems then outputs to allow fabrication of the board. Fabrication data contains a Gerber file for each image layer and drill span (copper layers, solder mask.) though for historic reasons the is also used for drilled hole information. Typically, all these files are 'zipped' into a single archive that is sent to the PCB bare board fabrication shop. The fabricator loads them into a (CAM) system to prepare data for each step of the. The.FileFunction attribute is the standardized method to link each layer in the PCB with its corresponding Gerber file in the fabrication data.
If attributes are not supported only informal methods are available. A simple informal method is to express the file function clearly in the file name. Sometimes the file extension is abused to indicate the file function - e.g..BOT for the bottom layer rather than the standard extension.GBR. This is very impractical as the customary link between format and extension is lost. PCB Fabrication Data must comply with a number of rules: all layers must be aligned, a profile layer must be included, etc. The CAD netlist can be embedded in the Gerber files. However, for historic reasons, netlists often are described in a separate file in IPC-D-356A, an electrical test format.
The material stack up, components and finishes are typically provided in informal text files or drawings. Ucamco has published a draft specification to include fab documentation in Gerber for public review. Extended Gerber [ ] RS-274X, extended Gerber or X-Gerber, was originally released in September 1998. It is a human readable format. It consists of a stream of commands generating an ordered stream of graphics objects.
The graphics objects can be positive or negative. Superimposed in the correct order they create the final image. Drobo Unable To Firmware Update. A Gerber file contains the complete description of a PCB layer image without requiring any external files. It has all the imaging operators needed for a PCB image. Any aperture shape can be defined. Planes and pads can be specified without the need to as in Standard Gerber. (However some implementations still use painting, problematical for the users of those files.) Released in February 2014, Gerber X2 adds additional metadata to the image.
Attributes allow to add to a Gerber file. Attributes are akin to labels providing information associated with image files, or features within them. Examples of metadata conveyed by attributes are: • The function of the file. Is the file the top solder mask, or the bottom copper layer, etc.?
• The part represented by the file. Does it represent a single PCB, an array, a coupon?
• The function of a pad. Is the flash is an SMD pad, or a via pad, or a fiducial, etc. For more information about attributes see X2 FAQ or intro video in the external links. An example of a Gerber file: G04 Short version a file taken from the Example Job 1, created by Filip Vermeire, Ucamco*%TF.FileFunction,Copper,Bot,L4*%%TF.Part,Single*%%FSLAX35Y35*%%MOMM*%%TA.AperFunction,Conductor*%%ADD10C,0.15000*%%TA.AperFunction,ViaPad*%%ADD11C,0.75000*%%TA.AperFunction,ComponentPad*%%ADD12C,1.60000*%%ADD13C,1.70000*%%SRX1Y1I0.00000J0.00000*% G01* G75*%LPD*% D10* X76998D02* X8394995D01* X84999D01* X9369999D01* D11* X76998D03* X83998D03* X98498D03* D12* X46488D03* D13* X107988D03* X10983976D03* X11237976D03* M02* The format specification is published.