On Sun, 2008-02-10 at 13:00 -0500, Stuart Brorson wrote: ... snip
> * On the open-source side of things, a decent Gerber *viewer* is > gerbv: > > http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/ > > An interesting, new feature of gerbv is that it will re-export Gerbers > which have been read in. Currently, this feature is used to export > good, compliant Gerbers generated from buggy CAD programs (e.g. Eagle, > Orcad). In the future, the gerbv team is interested in implementing > some amount of editablity into the program. When that happens, you > will be able to use gerbv to do what you want. > > Disclaimer: I am a developer and release manager for gerbv, so my > opinions about it are biased. I used gerbv to verify my Gerber's, alerted me to all the problems Iwas having. I a good program that's easy to use. > > * Thirdly, Eagle evidently doesn't fulfill your needs, so I'd suggest > you try a different package. I don't know why you aren't using an > open-source design suite. The cannonical electronic design suite for > Linux is gEDA/gaf for schematics and netlisting: > > http://geda.seul.org/ > > and PCB for layout: > > http://pcb.sourceforge.net/ > > If you take a look at the gEDA page, you'll see scores of PCBs > designed and built with the gEDA tool chain. Users range from > hobbiests to educators to companies. Support is via the geda-user > mailing list, which is generally friendly and ultra-responsive. And > the cost is zero, as you'd expect. > > Disclaimer: I am also a gEDA developer too. > > Cheers, > > Stuart When I was looking for a Linux layout program, Eagle was free and seemed to be very popular, so I went with it. After using it for a while, I am getting to like it. I was thinking that I just haven't learned enough yet. I am not aware of gEDA/gaf, so I will check it out. Thanks. (I suppose, I know were I could gEDA tips now too.) -- Kirk Wallace (California, USA http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/ Hardinge HNC lathe, Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now, Zubal lathe conversion pending) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
