# oran - Hey tscircuit peeps!How to fix drill f...

Channel: #support
Source: https://discord.com/channels/1233487248129921135/1543488286197162025
Started: 2026-08-30T05:11:24.667000+00:00
Last activity: 2026-08-30T06:22:35.726000+00:00

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:11:24.055000+00:00

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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## Abse — 2026-08-30T05:13:08.155000+00:00

Hey, Probably circuit json to Gerber bug

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:13:27.406000+00:00

hi abse!

## Abse — 2026-08-30T05:13:37.426000+00:00

I can take a look if you want

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:13:45.474000+00:00

that would be lovely!

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:13:55.067000+00:00

gathering files.

## Abse — 2026-08-30T05:14:38.423000+00:00

Can you send me a repro if possible

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:14:50.827000+00:00

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## oran — 2026-08-30T05:14:54.972000+00:00

on it

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:15:05.342000+00:00

i think its already on github one sec

## Abse — 2026-08-30T05:15:50.168000+00:00

This is good if the tsx file has the bug

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:16:03.389000+00:00

https://github.com/wisehackermonkey/orankeyboard

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:16:36.814000+00:00

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

## Abse — 2026-08-30T05:18:34.331000+00:00

Got it will let you know in a sec

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:18:48.961000+00:00

abse your the best!

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:19:11.778000+00:00

sending virtual beer 😎

## Abse — 2026-08-30T05:27:30.036000+00:00

are you using the cli to export ?

## Seve — 2026-08-30T05:31:41.962000+00:00

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

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:40:52.540000+00:00

hi

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:41:03.593000+00:00

no

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:41:16.445000+00:00

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## oran — 2026-08-30T05:41:36.423000+00:00

i try with cli export see if that fix

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:42:42.639000+00:00

should i export as gerber?
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## Seve — 2026-08-30T05:42:56.792000+00:00

yep

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:43:02.587000+00:00

for jlcpcb

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:43:04.016000+00:00

kk

## Seve — 2026-08-30T05:43:04.031000+00:00

this will be interesting to see

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:46:21.013000+00:00

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## oran — 2026-08-30T05:46:28.924000+00:00

hmm that might be a issue on my end. checking

## Seve — 2026-08-30T05:48:37.960000+00:00

according to Ultra there was a bug fixed August 22nd related to drill files
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## oran — 2026-08-30T05:48:41.441000+00:00

yep one of my monkey patches

## Seve — 2026-08-30T05:49:12.251000+00:00

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

## Seve — 2026-08-30T05:49:29.819000+00:00

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

## oran — 2026-08-30T05:52:45.694000+00:00

update core?

## Seve — 2026-08-30T06:00:41.520000+00:00

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

## Seve — 2026-08-30T06:00:55.593000+00:00

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

## Abse — 2026-08-30T06:01:16.298000+00:00

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## Abse — 2026-08-30T06:01:37.758000+00:00

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

## oran — 2026-08-30T06:01:45.269000+00:00

ah

## oran — 2026-08-30T06:01:49.472000+00:00

im updating now
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## Abse — 2026-08-30T06:01:59.846000+00:00

what gerber viewer are you using

## oran — 2026-08-30T06:02:09.206000+00:00

jlcpcb

## oran — 2026-08-30T06:02:23.411000+00:00

was on 0.1.2020

## oran — 2026-08-30T06:02:32.719000+00:00

heres the old gerber

## Seve — 2026-08-30T06:02:51.983000+00:00

(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)

## oran — 2026-08-30T06:03:00.925000+00:00

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## oran — 2026-08-30T06:03:40.233000+00:00

<@757706909351411845> good night!

thanks for the warm welcome to this community.

## Abse — 2026-08-30T06:04:19.649000+00:00

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

## Abse — 2026-08-30T06:04:57.812000+00:00

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

## oran — 2026-08-30T06:16:10.990000+00:00

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 ✅
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## oran — 2026-08-30T06:17:11.463000+00:00

<@398467566588264449> thanks for the help!

## Abse — 2026-08-30T06:22:35.726000+00:00

anytime