
Drill data – Through Hole.drl Drill data – Through Hole.Bottom Solder Mask.gbr Bottom Solder Mask.Now, the file extensions for these files need to be changed to make them board house friendly.

A text file log will appear, just close that and head to the folder that you selected the files to be saved in – you should have a file for each plot we just made. Click ‘Run‘ and give it a minute to export the Gerber files.

Also set the output path whilst you‘re here, to tell the application where to save your gerber files. Click ‘Options‘ (bottom right) and un-tick ‘Include design name in plot file name‘.Un-tick ‘Separate files for plated and unplated holes‘ if already ticked.

Click on ‘Drill Data – through Hole‘, then the ‘Output‘ tab, and then the ‘Device Setup‘ button.Rename this ‘Board Outline‘, change the type to ‘Outline‘, then select the ‘Layers‘ tab and double click on ‘(Board Outline)‘ Click ‘Add Plot‘ and select ‘Gerber‘ on the pop-up box.Delete ‘Top Copper (Paste)‘, ‘Bottom Copper (Paste)‘ and ‘Drill Ident Data – Through Hole‘ (click to select, then click ‘Delete Plot‘ on each).
