Rick C <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote in
news:ffc31887-089f-4045-9745-aad472d03ba9n@googlegroups.com:
> On Monday, April 5, 2021 at 10:43:18 AM UTC-4, mkr5000 wrote:
>> On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 9:04:15 PM UTC-4,
>> DecadentLinux...@decadence.
> org wrote:
>> > Jasen Betts <use...@revmaps.no-ip.org> wrote in
>> > news:s4die5$npe$1 @gonzo.revmaps.no-ip.org:
>> > > On 2021-04-04, mkr5000 <mike...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 5:00:53 PM UTC-4, Jasen Betts
>> > >> wrote:
>> > >>> On 2021-04-04, mkr5000 <mike...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >>> > On Sunday, April 4, 2021 at 1:46:11 PM UTC-4, mkr5000
>> > >>> > wrote:
>> > >>> >>
>> > >>> >> Name,Value,Layer,Pos-X,Pos-Y,Rot,Package
>> > >>> >> R1,1000,Top,521.80mil,787.50mil,90,0805
>> > >>> >> R2,1000,Top,521.80mil,881.25mil,90,0805
>> > >>> >>
>> > >>> >> and it shows it's csv
>> > >>> > that's rejected.
>> > >>> probably the letters in the numerical columns
>> > >>>
>> > >>> --
>> > >>> Jasen.
>> > >> Jasen, I don't follow. ?
>> > >
>> > > Try "521.80" instead of "521.80mil"
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > Yes... a numerical column should only have numerics in it.
>> > Put the UOM (Units of Measure) at the top of the column or use
>> > a legend
>
>> > to define the columns.
>> Reply from JLCPB --
>>
>> "Hi there,
>> Thank you for your email.
>> After checked that the format is not like the one of our sample
>> file . So our system can not detect it easily .
>> Hope you can understand it .
>>
>> Attached is the CPL sample file for your reference.
>> Would you like to take a look and follow our sample file to make
>> your CPL
> file??
>> in this way,our system can detect your file successfully.
>> Thank you ."
>>
>> Haven't tried it yet but it has to be EXACTLY like their sample
>> file? Designator X Y Layer Rotation
>>
>> it has just those 5 in that order.
>> this whole process is crazy.
>>
>> I guess you have to adjust the cpl file for each pcb house? !
>> You would think the software could see the file (like mine above)
>> and mod
> ify it.
>
> What is crazy about them specifying the file format and you not
> following it??? Oh, I know... the part about you not following
> it!!
>
> What is wrong with just giving them what they ask for???
>
> YES, you have to provide what each fab house wants. If you go
> with a US fab house that charges twice as much they will probably
> work with what you give them. That's one of the reasons they
> charge more. To provide rock bottom prices the cheap places have
> to automate the design input and you have to accommodate them.
>
> This is all simple and obvious if you give it a bit of thought.
>