Category: FlatCAM: PCB Prototyping CAD/CAM

FlatCAM lets you take your designs to a CNC router. You can open Gerber, Excellon or G-code, edit it or create from scatch, and output G-Code. Isolation routing is one of many tasks that FlatCAM is perfect for. It’s is open source, written in Python and runs smoothly on most platforms.

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FlatCAM practical tutorial: gcode and PCB milling – Part 6

FlatCAM is a program for preparing CNC jobs for making PCBs on a CNC router. Among other things, it can take a Gerber file generated by your favorite PCB CAD program, and create G-Code for Isolation routing.
Here we are going to create gcode and show the milling process.

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FlatCAM practical tutorial: contour – Part 5

FlatCAM is a program for preparing CNC jobs for making PCBs on a CNC router. Among other things, it can take a Gerber file generated by your favorite PCB CAD program and create G-Code for Isolation routing.
Here we are going mill contour.

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FlatCAM practical tutorial: silkscreen geometry – Part 4

FlatCAM is a program for preparing CNC jobs for making PCBs on a CNC router. Among other things, it can take a Gerber file generated by your favorite PCB CAD program and create G-Code for Isolation routing.
Here we are going to add a silkscreen.

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FlatCAM practical tutorial: clean non copper area – Part 3

FlatCAM is a program for preparing CNC jobs for making PCBs on a CNC router. Among other things, it can take a Gerber file generated by your favorite PCB CAD program and create G-Code for Isolation routing.
Here we are going to remove copper islands.

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FlatCAM practical tutorial: copper traces geometry – Part 2

FlatCAM is a program for preparing CNC jobs for making PCBs on a CNC router. Among other things, it can take a Gerber file generated by your favorite PCB CAD program, and create G-Code for Isolation routing.
Here tha isolation of traces.

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FlatCAM practical tutorial: introduction, installation, and import – Part 1

FlatCAM is a program for preparing CNC jobs for making PCBs on a CNC router. Among other things, it can take a Gerber file generated by your favorite PCB CAD program, and create G-Code for Isolation routing.
Here an introduction, how to install and import files.