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Ucamco Releases New Gerber Fabrication Documentation Specification
January 15, 2020 | UcamcoEstimated reading time: Less than a minute

Ucamco has released a new specification for fabrication documentation in Gerber. The specification defines how to transfer information in a machine-readable manner as part of Gerber fabrication data.
Read the full specification here.
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