{"id":3065,"date":"2022-01-07T12:44:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T12:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/?page_id=3065"},"modified":"2022-01-07T12:56:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-07T12:56:03","slug":"how-to-export-kicad-5-1-5-pcb-to-gerber-files-and-nc-drill-file","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lankapcb.com\/index.php\/how-to-export-kicad-5-1-5-pcb-to-gerber-files-and-nc-drill-file\/","title":{"rendered":"How to export KiCad-5.1.5 PCB to Gerber files and NC Drill file"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Generating Gerber Files<\/h2>\n
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  1. Select File <\/strong>-> Plot <\/strong>from the menu to open the Gerber generation tool.
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  2. At the top of the pop-up window, you\u2019ll see the folder location for your files, click browse. Make sure you\u2019re in your project directory.\"\"<\/li>\n
  3. Make a new folder called Gerbers, select it and click select folder. Click yes if asked to use a relative path. On the left side, you\u2019ll see which layers from our board design we want to turn into Gerber files.
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  4. Select all the layers you need. For a simple PCB, you\u2019ll need the\n