Quick guide on exporting PCB designs from Eagle and importing theminto FlatCAM. This guide was made with Eagle version 7.2.0 Light andFlatCAM 8.2.
Generating Drill Files. To create a Gerber file in Eagle, you should run the drillcfg command first: File -Run ULP - the pop-up 'Drill Configuration' dialog box and click the 'OK' button to generate the corresponding drill configuration file. Open the.brd file, and then click the 'File' menu to open the 'CAM Processor' dialog box. Eagle can export the individual files directly or export them as a pre-packed and gift-wrapped zip file. This zip file contains all the necessary manufacturing files and can be uploaded directly to most online interfaces like the Seeed Fusion PCB order page, or handed directly to your chosen manufacturer. In this tutorial we'll cover every step in EAGLE PCB design: from placing parts, to routing them, to generating gerber files to send to a fab house. We'll also go over the basics of EAGLE's board editor, beginning with explaining how the layers in EAGLE match up to the layers of a PCB.
- Before you get started, you can upload Eagle.brd files directly and we’ll generate the gerbers for you. For most users, this is the best way to order a board designed with Eagle. Sometimes though, you might want to customize the silkscreen, manually verify the gerber files, or other things that require manufacturing files.
- Can anyone recommend free software to view the.brd and.sch files? Is there a free viewer for Eagle? I have what should be a schematic file from a vendor, its suffix is.sch. I tried opening it with Eagle CAD but it wouldn't open.
Most designs start with schematics of your circuit:
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Then by clicking on File→Switch to board, the board editoris opened and you can complete your layout:
To export Gerbers, go to File→CAM Processor in the board editor,and choose the settings shown in the figure below. Include the copperlayer that you want to export and the Pads and Vias layers. Choosea proper name for your output file and click Process Job. Repeatfor each desired layer.
For drill files, go to File→CAM Processor again and select the settingsin the figure below. Do not provide an extension to the drill file name.Click on Process Job to export.
We are done with Eagle. Now let’s move on to FlatCAM.
Eagle uses Trailing Zeros in its Excellon number format but does notproperly report this format in the Excellon file. To tell FlatCAM touse this format by default set this system option excellon_zeros to Tby using the set_sys command in the Shell Command Line Interface as shown below:
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The command get_sysexcellon_zeros is optional and only lets yousee what the excellon_zeros option was set to originally.
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Changes to system options are persistent. They will remainset to the given value when you restart.
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This completes all the adjustments. Now simply open the Gerbers and Excellonfiles that you exported from Eagle.