X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=OWEA4iSLuxoQzntS57gWWaBNNh/pzzjV+MNwDgDTMH0=; b=L6QD5uxtEJBV9YldCUIN74HZZgnb1aECojbRd3Q0H7KI2L47ql7tgeuC6SOBD+iz3f 5DJLp97D35z6pQ5FG2IjLHj6DIXSEiYCbMLn7nn01+C8BXkHgNIlnK//a+XsaiGPFrjY PInd0xVy10Q/mlR7B/Pg3s1By+oXos5RcmaGH1qzg3XtIkCjKtxPhdO1SQa8E3bj+Owj b93V3pW/V4ZPZS5NKWyw0kYtUgTQFeBlXFjFcyk/2xtI8gVZNMQgcnRMU+AfZLYewlbW Moq3ddnd1TpiyGqQvQ+5UmN7rtIpHW9YZB4GJH+pUQiPKTfgoc398vG08o/vxEaZ6WHI 6UOw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=OWEA4iSLuxoQzntS57gWWaBNNh/pzzjV+MNwDgDTMH0=; b=noHpjrOFKvqx2M8LfDy5gwWL1uMz6iCD57SEwdR2nJpWmhCPyL6BDe41/4Lx7j2dnw SUkXqpK6mroXKt8g+mcUtqHjVoJ42FucixHoPxb5dtfANjLPv6Ntt4eXqHZkL3AGgeP9 e0CwPKWbuGhifxEMyGLf9yJRjxef1MEpxhV5LIBF0W0MruxZp1DsQNMEhZORV/tPaRgS 6mrFHJhJcUKJRK/+pO1E2XZgwjtMVprvu66vAG8s/Yv4KBC4D/v+GszAPVPHjf7HEmsH sjL3HKJB/ni5U6CJxfQayD7Ydr/xbHPtRDO3BMWgf/q4G9DFXGD4bp9Bx7Vuqx5w8ubf V8Zg== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAV27syGuSzBdAzzmGTpUU5YCuRQ9532e+O8P0IW3/GgcmqpRQ9K aF569G0ScmvXc3KmqrCeSh3Jf/YkVmsYybYhkB3AjA== X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzPvY+FL7rjmnZpeRYYhJ0vhGXwXXyo/cwG6p0gMdBD89HhOfJemxNH8+XAO+nrN5wUjPpZ82U5i1qzJS4kpTc= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:c501:: with SMTP id k1mr20394380pjt.37.1568636998760; Mon, 16 Sep 2019 05:29:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5D7C7D44 DOT 1010506 AT xs4all DOT nl> <5D7D261E DOT 3020405 AT xs4all DOT nl> In-Reply-To: From: "Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 08:29:47 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] blind vias, gerbers and gerbv To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000017bdc30592aac36e" Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com --00000000000017bdc30592aac36e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Please do report back! We haven't really received any feedback on the BBVias feature or its output. So, I'd really like to know if you have a success story. Of course, if it isn't such a story, I'd also really like to know so that I can fix it! :) Thanks, --Chad On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 3:10 AM Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 5:00 AM Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) > [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > > > > On Sat, Sep 14, 2019, 14:20 Bert Timmerman (bert DOT timmerman AT xs4all DOT nl) > [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > >> > >> > >> The gerber files for copper, soldermask, silkscreen and outline should > >> not differ from a pcb with through hole vias. > > > > This isn't *quite* true. There should only be copper pads in the Gerbers > on the layers that intersect with the layers of the blind/buried via. > > > >> I get the following drill files for connecting the copper layers with > >> bbvias: > >> > >> test.plated-drill.cnc > >> test.plated-drill_01-02.cnc > >> test.plated-drill_03-06.cnc > >> > >> Can you try this and see if you get similar drill files ? > > > > > > Based on your original message, this would be the first thing I'd check. > You should have a separate drill file for each layer pair associated with a > blind/buried via. > > This was it. I entirely missed these in highly cluttered project dir > and my build system didn't package them for fab. > > > On each copper layer the via goes through, there should be a copper > "pad", just like with normal vias. But only on those layers. > > Ah it turns out these are present, just not visible because they land > in pours. So looks like all my mistakes. > > Thanks everyone for help. I'll report back after the boards are made. > > Britton > --00000000000017bdc30592aac36e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Please do report back! We haven't really received= any feedback on the BBVias feature or its output. So, I'd really like = to know if you have a success story. Of course, if it isn't such a stor= y, I'd also really like to know so that I can fix it! :)

=
Thanks,
--Chad

On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 3:10 A= M Britton Kerin (britton DOT kerin AT g= mail.com) [via geda-user AT delor= ie.com] <geda-user AT delorie.= com> wrote:
On Sun, Sep 15, 2019 at 5:00 AM Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com)
[via geda-user AT d= elorie.com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Sep 14, 2019, 14:20 Bert Timmerman (bert DOT timmerman AT xs4all DOT nl) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT co= m] <geda-= user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> The gerber files for copper, soldermask, silkscreen and outline sh= ould
>> not differ from a pcb with through hole vias.
>
> This isn't *quite* true. There should only be copper pads in the G= erbers on the layers that intersect with the layers of the blind/buried via= .
>
>> I get the following drill files for connecting the copper layers w= ith
>> bbvias:
>>
>> test.plated-drill.cnc
>> test.plated-drill_01-02.cnc
>> test.plated-drill_03-06.cnc
>>
>> Can you try this and see if you get similar drill files ?
>
>
> Based on your original message, this would be the first thing I'd = check. You should have a separate drill file for each layer pair associated= with a blind/buried via.

This was it.=C2=A0 I entirely missed these in highly cluttered project dir<= br> and my build system didn't package them for fab.

> On each copper layer the via goes through, there should be a copper &q= uot;pad", just like with normal vias. But only on those layers.

Ah it turns out these are present, just not visible because they land
in pours.=C2=A0 So looks like all my mistakes.

Thanks everyone for help.=C2=A0 I'll report back after the boards are m= ade.

Britton
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