Timeline for Gerber Files Countersunk Holes
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| Nov 9, 2016 at 10:50 | answer | added | Uwe | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 9, 2016 at 8:09 | answer | added | david | timeline score: 0 | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 21:15 | comment | added | George Herold | I'd include a CAD drawing for something like this. (You may want to specify the angle and perhaps the depth of the counter sink.) And as everyone else says, talk to the board house. | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 20:35 | comment | added | Spehro 'speff' Pefhany | I suggest producing a separate drill file for the countersunk holes, but definitely talk to the supplier. I've been through this recently and they dealt with it, but I was paying >$1K in setup costs.. | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 20:31 | comment | added | D.A.S. | Yes but Z axis is not supported in Gerber, so manual drawing and readme file is essential. We use to get brass etched lines with dots for 50% etching to make fold lines in RF tin plated shields for microwave prototypes. So we made the phototools from a gerber converted to CAD to make photo-tools done at a printshop for double-sided etching on a single sheet of brass at a local PCB shop. You can include XY in Gerber file but must specify the Z axis attributes manually | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 20:25 | comment | added | user98663 | @TonyStewart.EEsince'75, you can do "V-grooves" with some board shops' conventions. A circular V-groove would approximate a countersink. Thus I stress why talking to their engineers is the best plan. | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 20:21 | comment | added | D.A.S. | I thought all Gerber was all. XY and no Z | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 20:20 | comment | added | user98663 | In Gerbers... probably. But you might find it easier to confer with your manufacturer by simply discussing it. No two manufacturers will be entirely happy with any set of odd requirements like this. | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 20:17 | comment | added | DerStrom8 | I think that would have to be called out in the drill file, which is generally sent to the manufacturer with the gerber files. | |
| Nov 8, 2016 at 20:05 | history | asked | mmize | CC BY-SA 3.0 |