Updated design is not sent to PCBWAY

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Steps I took that resulted in the problem:

  1. Make design e.g. v1.1 and press Fabricate > PCBWAY > Open browser. v1.1 is seen in the PCBWAY website.
  2. Update design to v1.2, save, press Fabricate > PCBWAY > Open browser. v1.1 one is still shown in the PCBWAY website and not the updated design.

What I expected should have happened instead:

Expected the updated design to be sent to PCBWAY. In the processing window it seems like the zipping process goes very fast/skipped, so I am thinking it does not zip the updated design and just sends the old design to PCBWAY.

My version of Fritzing and my operating system:

Fritzing 1.0.4
MacOS Sonoma 14.7.1

2

You would be better to open an issue here:

the developers do read the forums, but the official bug reporting site is github.

Peter

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Thanks a lot, will try that.

4

You may also want to upgrade to Fritzing version 1.0.4 which was released lately. I don’t know if this was fixed there or not, but it is worth upgrading anyway for bug fixes.

Peter

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I actually made a quick edit right after posting, I have upgraded to 1.0.4, though still the same issue.

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Does the update leave you with a copy of the gerber files it sends? I don’t usually do boards and have never tried the order a board options.

Peter

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No, you don’t see the copy of the gerber files it compiles. When you select Fabricate for PCBWAY, it shows a popup window where it compiles and zips the files, automatically uploads them to PCBWAY, and then you get a button that says Open in Browser. When you click that, it opens PCBWAY with your project/gerber files. You can try it without having an account or being logged in.

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You then may want to try the standard gerber export (File->Export->For production->Extended Gerber) to see that the changes are being exported to there correctly. That may help in identifying where the issue is.

Peter

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If I export Extended Gerber, then the files are exported correctly. I exported two versions with a text label saying rev1.1 and rev1.2. When uploaded manually to PCBWAY I also see that in their online visualizer. So, the problem seems to be with the “Fabricate” process when it is exporting/zipping the gerber files.