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From:	"Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com>
Date:	Fri, 13 Sep 2019 14:34:23 -0800
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Subject:	[geda-user] blind vias, gerbers and gerbv
To:	geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Reply-To:	geda-user AT delorie DOT com

I'm just trying my first pcb board with blind vias.  The rendering in
pcb is great.

The produced gerbers look like they're probably right, but when I use
gerb the only place I can actually see anything related to the buried
vias is in the board_name.fab.gbr file, and the view of it doesn't
show anything about from/to layers.  The board_name.top.gbr and
board_name.bottom.gbr files contain many lines like for example:

X434601Y487516D01*
X434765Y487324D01*
X434957Y487160D01*

which look like they represent the buried vias and their destination
layer (D01 part), but they don't show up under gerbv
boad_name.top.gbr.

I would assume this was just a gerbv problem except that my fab just
tried to change my board from their Blind/buries vias type to their
through-hole type, so it looks like maybe they aren't seeing the
buried vias either.

Am I missing something about BB vias, or might there be some real
problem with the gerbers?

Thanks,
Britton

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