Quick guide on exporting PCB designs from Eagle and importing theminto FlatCAM. This guide was made with Eagle version 7.2.0 Light andFlatCAM 8.2.
Most designs start with schematics of your circuit:
This post explains how to create a 3D CAD model from a PCB design from EAGLE. The following versions of the software are used: Eagle 6.6; Solidworks 2014 (with CircuitWorks) Export from Eagle. First, the board outline must be specified in the layer 20 (Dimension). If there is no board outline, add a close shape on layer 20 with the Wire tool. Eagle can export the individual files directly or export them as a pre-packed and gift-wrapped zip file. This zip file contains all the necessary manufacturing files and can be uploaded directly to most online interfaces like the Seeed Fusion PCB order page, or handed directly to your chosen manufacturer. In the new window, open the CAM file by going to File - Open - Job Locate the correct CAM file for your boards and open it. Please make sure you are using the Seeed CAM file, the default Eagle 274 files will not export the files correctly and may result in errors. Opening a Project and Explore EAGLE is packaged with a handful of nifty example PCB designs. Open one up by expanding the 'Projects' tree. From there, under the 'examples' folder open up the 'arduino' project by double-clicking the red folder (or right-clicking and selecting 'Open project').
Then by clicking on File→Switch to board, the board editoris opened and you can complete your layout:
To export Gerbers, go to File→CAM Processor in the board editor,and choose the settings shown in the figure below. Include the copperlayer that you want to export and the Pads and Vias layers. Choosea proper name for your output file and click Process Job. Repeatfor each desired layer.
For drill files, go to File→CAM Processor again and select the settingsin the figure below. Do not provide an extension to the drill file name.Click on Process Job to export.
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We are done with Eagle. Now let’s move on to FlatCAM.
Eagle uses Trailing Zeros in its Excellon number format but does notproperly report this format in the Excellon file. To tell FlatCAM touse this format by default set this system option excellon_zeros to Tby using the set_sys command in the Shell Command Line Interface as shown below:
The command get_sysexcellon_zeros is optional and only lets yousee what the excellon_zeros option was set to originally.
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Changes to system options are persistent. They will remainset to the given value when you restart.
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This completes all the adjustments. Now simply open the Gerbers and Excellonfiles that you exported from Eagle.