Kicad Board Edge Error with Kicad Stepup

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@maui, I have been recently getting an error from Kicad Stepup:

Loading the the .emn file works just fine. But I am curious as to why I am getting this error when I try to load the .kicad_pcb file. I deleted everything on the edge cuts layer and re-drew my PCB outline but still no luck.

Any ideas?

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Hi @Ldoiron17

this error is generated when the script finds a non closed edge …
would you mind to post the board?
Only edge without components and net, if you prefer, would be fine; then I will try to check if there is a problem in the routine or in the edge
.emn comes from idf export routines that in some case will try to match vertexes
thank you for testing my kicad StepUp tools… :smiley:

Maurice

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It’s open source design, no need to be hiding things!

here is the PCB file:

MotorDriverRev5.kicad_pcb (46.1 KB)

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Check your left board outline line (line). You have two lines that overlap, but do not have matching endpoints.

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I will try fixing that. Although I deleted all the lines and just made one big circle and that also failed, which should fix this problem. I will post an update tonight when I get home from work.

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Hi @Ldoiron17
I managed to close the Edge vertex @ 98.5 58.6 as displayed in 3d-viewer

536×530 11.8 KB

the error was similar to kicad stepup message

and that is the closed edge board :slight_smile:
MotorDriverRev5b.kicad_pcb (46.1 KB)
Edit: I have to update the warning message to give a positive y value (to adjust the pcbnew convention)

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Thanks guys, I was un-aware that my edge cuts layers had to be contiguous, even though the should be via good practice.

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