What is the difference between exporting gerber vs gerbers. I thought they were the same thing.
But the gerbers has 3 extra flags, as you can see below.
➜ kicad-cli pcb export gerber -h
input: 1 argument(s) expected. 0 provided.
Usage: gerber [-h] [--output VAR] [--layers VAR] [--exclude-refdes] [--exclude-value] [--include-border-title] [--no-x2] [--no-netlist] [--subtract-soldermask] [--disable-aperture-macros] [--use-drill-file-origin] [--precision VAR] [--no-protel-ext] input
Positional arguments:
input Input file
Optional arguments:
-h, --help shows help message and exits
-o, --output Output file name [default: ""]
-l, --layers Comma separated list of untranslated layer names to include such as F.Cu,B.Cu [default: ""]
--erd, --exclude-refdes Exclude the reference designator text
--ev, --exclude-value Exclude the value text
--ibt, --include-border-title Include the border and title block
--no-x2 Do not use the extended X2 format
--no-netlist Do not generate netlist attributes
--subtract-soldermask Subtract soldermask from silkscreen
--disable-aperture-macros Disable aperature macros
--use-drill-file-origin Use drill/place file origin
--precision Precision of gerber coordinates, valid options: 5 or 6 [default: 6]
➜ kicad-cli pcb export gerbers -h
input: 1 argument(s) expected. 0 provided.
Usage: gerbers [-h] [--output VAR] [--layers VAR] [--exclude-refdes] [--exclude-value] [--include-border-title] [--no-x2] [--no-netlist] [--subtract-soldermask] [--disable-aperture-macros] [--use-drill-file-origin] [--precision VAR] [--no-protel-ext] [--common-layers VAR] [--board-plot-params] input
Positional arguments:
input Input file
Optional arguments:
-h, --help shows help message and exits
-o, --output Output file name [default: ""]
-l, --layers Comma separated list of untranslated layer names to include such as F.Cu,B.Cu [default: ""]
--erd, --exclude-refdes Exclude the reference designator text
--ev, --exclude-value Exclude the value text
--ibt, --include-border-title Include the border and title block
--no-x2 Do not use the extended X2 format
--no-netlist Do not generate netlist attributes
--subtract-soldermask Subtract soldermask from silkscreen
--disable-aperture-macros Disable aperature macros
--use-drill-file-origin Use drill/place file origin
--precision Precision of gerber coordinates, valid options: 5 or 6 [default: 6]
--no-protel-ext Use KiCad gerber file extension
--cl, --common-layers Layers to include on each plot, comma separated list of untranslated layer names to include such as F.Cu,B.Cu [default: ""]
--board-plot-params Use the gerber plot settings already configured in the board file
The gerbers option has these extra flags:
--no-protel-ext Use KiCad gerber file extension
--cl, --common-layers Layers to include on each plot, comma separated list of untranslated layer names to include such as F.Cu,B.Cu [default: ""]
--board-plot-params Use the gerber plot settings already configured in the board file
Extra questions
What is the input file?
Can it be more meaningful like KICAD_PCB or KICAD_PRO?
Actually, all the commands should accept both.