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FIGURE 6-2 Sparkfun CAM job.
As you can see, the difference between the default CAM job and the Sparkfun one is that the
Sparkfun CAM job has a row of tabs, one to generate each of the Gerber files. For example, the one
shown in Figure 6-2 is labeled “Top Copper.” As you might expect, this is responsible for generating
the top copper Gerber layer (.GTL).
In the “Output” section of the tab, you can see the “Device” field with a dropdown list next to it.
This can be set to a number of other types of CAM format. This should be left as GERBER_RS274X.
On the right-hand side of the tab is a list of layers, with some of the layers highlighted. The
highlighted layers are the ones that will become copper when the CAM job is processed. The other
tabs each work in a similar way.
To generate the Gerber files, all we need to do is to hit the “Process Job” button. The files will
be generated and placed in the project folder. Figure 6-3 shows the full set of generated files.
