Gerber file save option "Exclude PCB edge layer from other layers" generating "Warning this file has no D-Code definition" error message.
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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KiCad |
Fix Committed
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Undecided
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jean-pierre charras |
Bug Description
KiCad Team,
When "Exclude PCB edge layer from other layers" option is selected for creating Gerber files from KiCad Plot function, a warning message is generated when Gerber files are read back with GerbView.
"Warning this file has no D-Code definition. It is perhaps an old RS274D file. Therefore the size of the items is undefined"
This error message is observed on KiCad nightly release kicad-r14384.
I am not entirely sure this is a bug or just the way KiCad works when the "Exclude PCB edge layer from other layers" option is selected for generating Gerber files.
I have attached picture of the Gerber Plot settings page and the warning message from GerbView when files are read back.
many thanks for looking into this.
Joe Silva
tags: | added: gerbview pcbnew |
tags: | added: gerber |
Changed in kicad: | |
status: | New → Incomplete |
Changed in kicad: | |
milestone: | none → 6.0.0-rc1 |
Joe, it is more helpful for us to have the version information from About KiCad -> Copy Version Information rather than the exe file name (it is sometimes hard to read those filenames, but the version string from inside KiCad we can read easily). For instance, based on that filename we can't tell if this is in 5.1.4 or 5.99.
This sounds like something reported earlier here: https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/kicad/ +bug/1848929. And it ended up being an overzealous warning from GerbView.