Re: [Pcb2gcode-devel] millproject file

[Patrick B. <pbi...@us...>]

2011/6/22 Demetris Zavorotnitsienko <giz...@gm...>:
> Can you please tell me how the offset works?
>
> Say I have an outline of a PCB. Mu Router Bit is 1mm in diameter
>

--cutter-diameter=0.0394 (0.0394 is ~1mm in Inches) tells pcb2gcode
that you're using a 1mm bit to cut out the boards. Since your outline
is not a filled polygon, you have to specify --fill-outline and
--fill-outline=0.005 to tell pcb2gcode that you've drawn the outline
in 5mil lines and arcs.

All of this is already in the command i sent you, EXCEPT FOR A TYPO:
it's supposed to be --fill-outline=0.005, not 0.050.

The --offset Parameter modifies how the traces are engraved, I
recommend you try different values (--offset=0.010 is a good starting
point) and see how it works. --offset does not influence how the
boards are cut out.

Does that answer your question sufficiently?

-- Patrick