On Sun, 2008-08-17 at 17:45 -0400, Stuart Brorson wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> I've been playing around with the reporting facilities which have been
> put into gerbv, and I have noticed that PCB seems to define more
> apertures (using %AD) than it uses in drawing features.
> 
> I have noticed that if I use a certain aperture on layer X, then the
> definition for that aperture appears in all layers whether it's used
> in that layer or now.

IIRC, that behaviour was added to support broken cam software (Circuit
CAM, as used by LPKF machines).

>   That does explain why many more apertures are
> defined in each layer than are used in that layer.

Pass on that one.

-- 
Peter Clifton

Electrical Engineering Division,
Engineering Department,
University of Cambridge,
9, JJ Thomson Avenue,
Cambridge
CB3 0FA

Tel: +44 (0)7729 980173 - (No signal in the lab!)



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