CAM output automation / CAM manager combining all plotting and manufacturer data creation (lp:#1838987)
Original report created by Rene Poeschl (poeschlr)
From https://bugs.launchpad.net/kicad/+bug/1808013/comments/2 (It was
suggested to spawn a wishlist bug as the reported problem has been fixed.)
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Long-term suggestion: Get rid of the current plot dialog and create a new
CAM output dialog combining gerber generation, drill file generation and
position file generation. (And possibly also some other things)
It is quite confusing right now. If i want to create gerber why would i not
want the drill file to be created. Yes i will want to have the same
settings available as with the drill dialog right now but some of them
should only be setable in one place. One example would be the use of the
auxilary origin. If it is enabled in gerber then i will want it in the
drill and position file as well.
Some of the current plot features could be either export or print options
(export to svg instead of plot to svg. Print to pdf instead of plot pdf.)
Or we could decide that they are simply other datatypes for the CAM export.
Such a CAM dialog could then also handle exporting and importing CAM
settings. And handle future more powerful data types (successors for
gerber)
Original tags: export feature.request pcbnew
Edited by Jon Evans