Re: gEDA-user: exporting single pcb layers

2010-11-21 Thread Alberto Maccioni
in the process of cnc-milling a pcb with a custom shape using pcb2gcode [1], i created a polygon on a separate layer... Have you ever tried the g-code exporter included in PCB? I've never been able to make pcb2gcode work with minimally complex boards.

Re: gEDA-user: exporting single pcb layers

2010-11-20 Thread chrysn
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 06:26:20PM +0100, Stephan Boettcher wrote: chrysn chr...@fsfe.org writes: [...] i need a gerber file that contains just that polygon (without holes for the pins, becaus they don't belong to the outline). Just name the layer outline without the quotes, lowercase.

Re: gEDA-user: exporting single pcb layers

2010-11-19 Thread timecop
       sed -e 's/^\tPin/# /' -e 's/^\t\(SymbolLine\|Line\)/# /' -e 's/^Via/# /' In my windows PCB CAD, I click 'Export Gerber' and click a layer. If I don't want vias or pins there, I uh,, click a checkbox. GUIs exist for a reason. This is one of those good reasons. -- 1966 called, wants its

Re: gEDA-user: exporting single pcb layers

2010-11-19 Thread John Doty
On Nov 19, 2010, at 7:56 AM, timecop wrote: sed -e 's/^\tPin/# /' -e 's/^\t\(SymbolLine\|Line\)/# /' -e 's/^Via/# /' In my windows PCB CAD, I click 'Export Gerber' and click a layer. What if there's no checkbox for the function you need? If I don't want vias or pins there, I uh,,

Re: gEDA-user: exporting single pcb layers

2010-11-19 Thread Kovacs Levente
On Fri, 19 Nov 2010 23:56:50 +0900 timecop time...@gmail.com wrote: In my windows PCB CAD I think the OP wants information about gEDA's PCB editor and not your PCB CAD. Your comment is irrelevant. -- Kovacs Levente leventel...@gmail.com Voice: +36705071002

Re: gEDA-user: exporting single pcb layers

2010-11-19 Thread Stefan Salewski
On Fri, 2010-11-19 at 23:56 +0900, timecop wrote: sed -e 's/^\tPin/# /' -e 's/^\t\(SymbolLine\|Line\)/# /' -e 's/^Via/# /' In my windows PCB CAD, I click 'Export Gerber' and click a layer. If I don't want vias or pins there, I uh,, click a checkbox. GUIs exist for a reason. This is

Re: gEDA-user: exporting single pcb layers

2010-11-19 Thread Stephan Boettcher
chrysn chr...@fsfe.org writes: hi geda-users, in the process of cnc-milling a pcb with a custom shape using pcb2gcode [1], i created a polygon on a separate layer. in the following processing steps, i need a gerber file that contains just that polygon (without holes for the pins, becaus