Altium Circuit Studio
About this tutorial
To use AISLER with Altium Circuitstudio you will need to export your project as a Gerber-Package. Please make sure you zip your Gerber-Files. You will have to setup NC Drill files and the Gerber Export appropriately.
You will have to setup NC Drill Files and Gerber Fabrication output properly for us to understand your designs.
Step 1: Configure NC Drill Files
We do not use the Gerber plots for drills but instead use the NC Drill files. You will have to setup your NC Drill files properly.
Navigate to File » Fabrication Outputs » NC Drill Files to setup NC Drill Files.
Step 2: Configure Gerber Setup Dialog
Please navigate to File » Fabrication Outputs » Gerber Files to setup Gerber Export.
Setup Gerber > General Tab
Select "inches" and 2:4 precision in the General Tab
Setup Gerber > Layers
Select the following layers:
- G Top Overlay
- G Top Paste
- G Top Solder
- G Top Layer
- G Bottom Layer
- G Bottom Solder
- G Bottom Paste
- G Bottom Overlay
- G Mechanical 1
Setup Gerbers > Drill Drawing
Please deselect all Drill Drawing options in the Gerber Export, we will used NC Drill files instead.
Setup Gerbers > Apertures
Select Embedded apertures (RS274X) Checkbox
Setup Gerbers > Advanced
Film size and Aperture Matching Tolerances are project specific, so please add the project's relevant settings here. Set all other values according to the following screenshot.
Step 3: Cleaning up
Altium is known to generate a lot of other stuff in the output files, please ensure to only include the relevant ones.
Please only include the following files:
| Gerber Layer Name | Layer |
|---|---|
| project_name.toplayer.ger | Top Layer |
| project_name.bottomlayer.ger | Bottom Layer |
| project_name.topsoldermask.ger | Top Soldermask |
| project_name.bottomsoldermask.ger | Bottom Soldermask |
| project_name.topsilkscreen.ger | Top Silkscreen |
| project_name.bottomsilkscreen.ger | Bottom Silkscreen |
| project_name.boardoutline.ger | Board Outline |
| project_name.xln | PTH Drills |
| project_name_npth.xln | NPTH Holes |
| project_name.toppaste.ger | Top Paste (Stencil) |
| project_name.bottompaste.ger | Bottom Paste (Stencil) |
| project_name.internalplane1.ger | Internal plane 1 |
| project_name.internalplane2.ger | Internal plane 2 |
Step 4: Zip it up
