Milling PCB's

v2

You will be milling the copper away. Soldering is done on the copper side. The components go on the other side, so in the PCB software, make the traces on the bottom layer!

• Make circuit and PCB layout in Kicad
• Export to SVG
  • Go to the PCB editor, Fabrication outputs > Gerbers
  • Set 'Plot format' to Gerber.
  • Set the output folder location
  • Only enable the B.Cu (back) layer and the Edge.Cuts layer
  • General options
    • Enable: Check zone fills before plotting
    • Enable: Use drill/place file origin
  • Gerber options:
    • Enable: use extended X2 format
    • Enable: Include netlist attributes
  • Plot and generate the drill files (default settings)
• Prep the SVG
  • Go to https://tracespace.io
  • Drag all the Gerber files onto the website and download the generated SVG file. (This is a good way to include the holes into the SVG file)
    • This generates 5 SVG files:
      1. bottom
      2. top
      3. back copper
      4. edge cuts
      5. holes

Option 1: create circuit in Kicad, export Gerber files and import in Fusion 360 for milling

Option 2: create circuit in Fusion 360: - In Fusion 360: File > new electronics design

Vaguely related

- Export a kicad PCB to fusion to create a cover