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Hey tscircuit peeps! How to fix drill file not populating? ISSUE: Drill holes not showing up in drill file when file export fabrication files & upload to JLCPCB context: im building a keyboard with @tsci/seveibar.keyboard utils WORKAROUND FIX: import and export using kicad. any t

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oranoriginal postAug 30, 2026, 5:11 AM

Hey tscircuit peeps! How to fix drill file not populating? ISSUE: Drill holes not showing up in drill file when file>export>fabrication files & upload to JLCPCB context: im building a keyboard with @tsci/seveibar.keyboard-utils WORKAROUND FIX: import and export using kicad. any thoughts?

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AbseAug 30, 2026, 5:13 AM

Hey, Probably circuit json to Gerber bug

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:13 AM

hi abse!

AbseAug 30, 2026, 5:13 AM

I can take a look if you want

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:13 AM

that would be lovely!

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:13 AM

gathering files.

AbseAug 30, 2026, 5:14 AM

Can you send me a repro if possible

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:14 AM

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↗ index.circuit.tsx

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:14 AM

on it

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:15 AM

i think its already on github one sec

AbseAug 30, 2026, 5:15 AM

This is good if the tsx file has the bug

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:16 AM

https://github.com/wisehackermonkey/orankeyboard

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:16 AM

i did some gross monkey patching so i woudnt dought its a user error thing too.

AbseAug 30, 2026, 5:18 AM

Got it will let you know in a sec

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:18 AM

abse your the best!

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:19 AM

sending virtual beer 😎

AbseAug 30, 2026, 5:27 AM

are you using the cli to export ?

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:31 AM

hmm this may be because of a recent adjustment where we centralized the gerber generation

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:40 AM

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:41 AM

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oranAug 30, 2026, 5:41 AM

i try with cli export see if that fix

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:42 AM

should i export as gerber?

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SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:42 AM

yep

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:43 AM

for jlcpcb

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:43 AM

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:43 AM

this will be interesting to see

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:46 AM

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oranAug 30, 2026, 5:46 AM

hmm that might be a issue on my end. checking

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:48 AM

according to Ultra there was a bug fixed August 22nd related to drill files

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oranAug 30, 2026, 5:48 AM

yep one of my monkey patches

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:49 AM

yea sometimes the keyboard utils modules cause issues too cuz it's a bit old, <@809856037376491570> has done great work maintaining it because i neglected it hahaha

SeveAug 30, 2026, 5:49 AM

please don't hesitate to yell in discord if something is broken or the issue keeps coming back up etc.

oranAug 30, 2026, 5:52 AM

update core?

SeveAug 30, 2026, 6:00 AM

usually you want to update `tscircuit` and avoid having any of the transient dependencies listed

SeveAug 30, 2026, 6:00 AM

(they'll be installed automatically, with the right versions, alongisde `tscircuit`)

AbseAug 30, 2026, 6:01 AM

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AbseAug 30, 2026, 6:01 AM

both our tscircuit.com and cli on current versions are producing holes

oranAug 30, 2026, 6:01 AM

im updating now

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AbseAug 30, 2026, 6:01 AM

what gerber viewer are you using

oranAug 30, 2026, 6:02 AM

jlcpcb

oranAug 30, 2026, 6:02 AM

was on 0.1.2020

oranAug 30, 2026, 6:02 AM

heres the old gerber

SeveAug 30, 2026, 6:02 AM

(headed to bed for now, but let's get to the bottom of this if possible, could help us prevent this issue with future users- i have a feeling there's a weird transient dependency in his package.json that's causing old versions of things to be used)

oranAug 30, 2026, 6:03 AM

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↗ index_fabrication_files_9.zip

oranAug 30, 2026, 6:03 AM

<@757706909351411845> good night! thanks for the warm welcome to this community.

AbseAug 30, 2026, 6:04 AM

now I remember fixing this before, should just be an update ( I see the bug from your file)

AbseAug 30, 2026, 6:04 AM

let me know if that didn't fix it and I can investigate further!

oranAug 30, 2026, 6:16 AM

yep solved! updated and that resolved the drill issues @tscircuit/cli@0.0.2020 ❌ @tscircuit/cli@0.0.2021 ❌ updated to : @tscircuit/cli@0.0.2461 ✅