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When imported to DipTrace, an object 5mm x5mm is drawn and filled in and placed on a layer. Y400000D01*-> Unraw a square 3mm x 3mm inside the other square %LPC*%-This sets the drawing mode to "Clear" to "Undraw" %LPD*%-This sets the drawing mode to "Dark" To discuss the details of the gerber, here are excerpts from the gerber file: If I can export gerbers that work correctly, why cant I import gerbers correctly? I haven't tried it, but I'll bet I can't import gerbers that were generated by DipTrace. However, if you try to import it into DipTrace, it shows 2 separate squares, both filled in and placed on 2 separate layers. If you view this test file in a gerber viewer, it displays properly, showing a square wilth a square hole in it. This is an example of a typical alpha character with a hole, such as the letter "O". In it is a simple, very short gerber file that generates a square with a cutout. In regards to the Gerber, I attached a zip containing SquareTest.gbr. The DXF file is included in the attached ZIP file. The inner and outer objects load as 2 separate outlines without fill. Yes, I checked the fill and embedded options. It is also nice to view the project in the 3D viewer. I thought this was supposed to be a standard.Ĭan anyone tell me how to successfully import external custom graphics to the silk layer? If I have to, I can generate a functional Gerber separately and include it in the stack up, but I would prefer to observe it with the other components in DipTrace and export it from the same source. On a side note, of the 28 tools I tried for conversion, no 2 tools behaved the same. Instead, I get a new layer with another filled object the shape of the hole. the hole in the center of the letter 'O'). %LPC*% is supposed to set polarity to "clear", which is supposed to "undrawn" portions of the image (i.e. In regards to Gerbers, a new layer is generated every time there is a %LPD*% or %LPC*% command. When importing Gerber, I get 2 separate filled in objects on different layers. When importing a DXF, I get 2 separate objects with neither filled in. For example, the letter O has an outer object and an inner object that represents the hole. The problem is that when importing either DXF or Gerber (the only options) to the silk layer, the cutouts in objects are not honored. I tried almost 30 tools for the conversion and not one worked correctly with DipTrace. The tool can generate DXF and I found other tools that could convert to Gerber. The tools in DipTrace were inadequate to generate the graphics I wanted, so I resorted to external third party tools (i.e. Recently, I tried to do something I never did before, place custom graphics on the silk screen (company logo, etc). I've been using DipTrace since 2005 and have been very happy with it.