and select the file Board Outline file “BoardOutline.gbr” and click Yes if Board Outline look to be placed correct. and select the file N/C Drill file “Through.drl” and click Yes if the Drill Holes look to be placed correct. and select the file Top Layer file “Top.gbr” Goto Files / Open / Drills. Start CopperCAM Goto Files / Open / New Circuit. I will make the Tutorial both as a Video and Images Step by Step Guide The Video can be seen her, the Image and Text Step by Steps on the next pages. Her I gave a great GUI and can see what’s happens and change the settings easily. I also got an license for CopperCAM for 80 € which is good given out and don’t have to mangle with a lot of conversation programs and scripts. But for me I think the 175$ for a Mach 3 License is well spend since it’s a great peace of software. To control my CNC Mill I use Mach 3, but any other software can be used such as LinuxCNC and EMC2. Witch works fine for most of my projects. DipTrace : CopperCAM : Mach3 : I used DipTrace form y PCB Layouts but any software cable of saving Gerber files can be used. Using CopperCAM software, you can easily prepare the necessary files and perform all kinds of work required to make printed circuit fibers, including cutting, drilling and peeling operations. This software, despite its simple appearance, does its job well and provides all the necessary facilities for this. With this program, you can manage up to 4 different layers simultaneously and specify cutting lines, holes. It is also possible to automatically calculate the safe distance between cutting lines, both simple and multiple cases. Of course, it is also possible to manually relocate and edit these lines.This is a small tutorial showing how to deal with the problems converting your PCB Schematics to G-Code to be able to Mill it. CopperCAM is utility software for engraving, drilling and cutting of printed circuit fibers in a fully managed and controlled manner. Although it does not connect directly to CNC machines, its output file can be easily loaded and used by other CNC guiding software. In fact, this program has no control over CNC machines and all it does is convert Gerber files to the code needed to drive CNC machines. Gerber files are created by PC design software and are a global standard. This format stores the design data of the printed circuit fibers in the form of a number vector that specifies the machining coordinates. By connecting CNC machines to the serial port, printer or USB, this data is transferred to the machine and according to it, the machining operation begins.
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