{"id":3016,"date":"2022-01-06T14:36:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T14:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/?page_id=3016"},"modified":"2022-01-06T14:51:51","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T14:51:51","slug":"how-to-export-altium-pcb-to-gerber-files-and-nc-drill-file","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/index.php\/how-to-export-altium-pcb-to-gerber-files-and-nc-drill-file\/","title":{"rendered":"How to export Altium PCB to Gerber files and NC Drill File"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;How to export Altium PCB to Gerber files and NC Drill File.&#8221; use_theme_fonts=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h2>Generating Gerber file<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Opening the Design files\n<ul>\n<li>Select File -&gt; Fabrication Outputs -&gt; Gerber Files.<br \/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3018\" src=\"http:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"659\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t8.jpg 659w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t8-237x300.jpg 237w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t8-600x760.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 659px) 100vw, 659px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>General Settings\n<ul>\n<li>In the General Setting set the precision to 2:5 (0.01 mill resolution)<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3019\" src=\"http:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"754\" height=\"361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t9.jpg 754w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t9-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t9-600x287.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 754px) 100vw, 754px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Layers Settings\n<ul>\n<li>Please make sure you have a clear outline in the mechanical layer.<\/li>\n<li>If your board is 2-layer, there will be no inner layer (G1, G2, G3&#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Include the layers that you want to export by marking these, select \u201cUsed On\u201d in Plot Layers, and Select \u201cAll Off\u201d in Mirror Layers.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3020\" src=\"http:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t13.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"875\" height=\"962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t13.png 875w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t13-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t13-768x844.png 768w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t13-600x660.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 875px) 100vw, 875px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Apertures Settings\n<ul>\n<li>Please be sure to mark \u201cEmbedded apertures (RS274X)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3021\" src=\"http:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t10.jpg 755w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t10-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t10-600x502.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Settings\n<ul>\n<li>Make sure above all configurations are fine and recommended advanced settings shown as below image. Then click the OK to generate the Gerber files. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3022\" src=\"http:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t11.jpg 752w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t11-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t11-600x507.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Gerber Files are automatically loaded in the Altium cam viewer. This tool allows you to verify that all layers have been generated correctly and that they are all in positive mode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>Generating NC Drill File<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Generate the Drilling layer in Excellon format.\n<ul>\n<li>File -&gt; Fabrication Outputs -&gt; NC Drill Files<br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3023\" style=\"font-size: 1rem;\" src=\"http:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"838\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t12.jpg 598w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t12-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>NC Drill Settings\n<ul>\n<li>Choose the same units and format parameters as Gerber is recommended. Finally you can click OK. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3024\" src=\"http:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"689\" height=\"951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t14.png 689w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t14-217x300.png 217w, https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/t14-600x828.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Then you get all the files. 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General Settings In the General Setting set the precision to 2:5 (0.01 mill resolution) Layers Settings Please make sure you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/about-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3016","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3016"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3016\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}