Hi, I’ve had a request to export IPC-2581 files as it allegedly helps create drill dimensions (presumably for human readable PDFs) a lot quicker. However, my IPC-2581 exports are crashing both Gerbtool which I use for various tasks & the WISE 2581 viewer. There’s hardly any toggleable options on export & I’ve tried a few variations with no luck. I’m not familiar with IPC-2581 & wondered if anyone would have a clue as to what might be causing issues here.
I recommend contacting WISE support about this matter. We don’t know what causes their tools to crash.
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There are a couple of other IPC-2581 viewers so it might be worth trying a few of these IPC-2581 Free Viewers | IPC- 2581 Consortium (and yes WISE-2581 is listed).
the VERSION is probably the most pertinent here (assuming Kicad is compliant to the specification, the relevant part it supports… iirc there is a thread here stating kicad doesn’t provide full coverage as it targets fabrication 1st)
Thank you, I have reached out to their support for comment.
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