howto/order-a-pcb-at-aci-workshop

HOWTO

Easily order a pcb at ACI  workshop

 

Previously we had to use a tool to modify the drill files (Moddrill.exe) then Filemaker with a template in order to pass a PCB order at ACI workshop; that was boring and Moddrill.exe did not work correctly with drill files having plated AND not plated holes. Now everything has been simplified. You could find here a OutJob file for Altium Designer with all parameters preconfigured.

Use ACI Generate Files and ACI Document commands of the OutJob file after having selected your PcbDoc file and configured the folder where you would like store the outputs (Right-click on the command then Generated Files Settings and replace the actual C:\Specify_your_project_folder by your folder).

For information the Mechanical layers have these meaning here :

Mechanical 1             Board Outline for milling
Mechanical 5             Infos on all layers ("Always")

and the files generated will be .GTL (Gerber Top Layer), .GBL (Bottom Layer), .GTS (Top Solder Mask), .GBS, .GM1 (Board milling), the Drill fille will be .TXT and the documentation .PDF.

Bye bye Moddrill and Filemaker !! and you could pass your order from http://aci-commandes.epfl.ch/ by specifying these values on "Description du fichier de perçage" parameters :