Unable to find segment with endpoint

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Hi,

I am new to this forum,

I am making a shield for an Arduino Mega with extended sides to fit all my components.

When I try to check over it in 3D viewer though, I get an error message like this:

Unable to find segment with endpoint of (202.43292 mm, 128.04394mm).
Cannot determine the board outline.This text will be hidden

I also tried plotting it as a Gerber and when I opened it with GerbVeiw, it was just blank.

I have zipped up the files and they are at this link: (hope it works)
https://drive.google.com/file/d/18YZRU72a1-1smJAWIgmcAkyRIWDSvnT8/view?usp=sharing -Edit

Thanks for your time!
Nikolai

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It sounds like your edge layer drawing isn’t closed. Is it an unusual shape? I know some versions of Kicad had trouble with some shapes. People are reporting that 5.1.6 is close to being released and has some important bug fixes.

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Okay.
I am using 5.1.5 but the board is a pretty unusual shape. I will check the edge layer and see if I can spot anything wrong.

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Run the DRC. It will point out problems on the edge cuts layer.

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Put your cursor at (202.43292 mm, 128.04394mm) (absolute values) and see what’s happening there.
As @hermit says, board outline must be closed shape, otherwise you’ll get errors like these.

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I don’t feel this is a good way to share files - it asks for my email address to send the file there, and I don’t even know what’s the file size in advance.

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Okay, I will edit the initial post and put a Google Drive link there instead.
(I can’t attach files yet because i’m a newbie.)

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As Rene_Poschl said, I ran the DRC,
It turns out that there were 2 lines that didn’t quite line up and I had to zoom RIGHT in to see it and it’s all okay now. :smile:

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