FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
What data formats do we prefer
In order of Preference
Preferred
- ODB++ (Valor)
- RS274X (Extended Gerber)
Accepted
- RS274D (basic or standard gerber) + aperture list
- Excellon
- Sieb Meyer
- Archives formats (ZIP, TGZ, TAR, LZH, RAR, LHA, GZ)
Depreacated
- DPF (native Ucam format)
- Archives formats (7Z, BZ2)
Allowed Non production files - e.g. for quote or drawings
- GC-Preview CWK
- Autocad DWG, DXF
- HPGL, PS, PDF
- Common picture formats including JPG, BMP, TIF, GIF
- Common document formats including DOC, XLS, LWP, RTF
NOT ACCEPTED
- Gerbtool Database Format (GTD)
- Lesser known formats eg Photoshop (ODS)