Some gerber generators and viewers have a means to specify the number of significant digits past the decimal point in their co-ordinates (e.g. X.XXX or something like it). Check to see if that is set correctly.
Regarding the hpgl reference - is this a means to convert to the HPGL vector format that many plotters used to use? I've used devices that plot on a resist film as you mention, and also convert to the path programming that a milling machine would use. Filling large copper areas this way can be a little tedious, but it can be really handy for prototyping RF circuits. Joe T On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 3:45 PM, Ormund Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 17:53 -0400, Dan McMahill wrote: > > ok, it was easier to find than I thought. google for 'pads-d2x' and > > you'll find a post to this list from our very own Larry Doolittle. Note > > that as others have mentioned, there doesn't seem to be a standard > > aperture list format used with RS274-D. The primary thing you need to > > do to convert from RS274-D to RS274-X is to take the aperture list that > > goes with your RS274-D files and turn that into the codes which define > > the apertures in RS274-X. The other differences between D and X don't > > really matter because I believe X has all the features of D and then > some. > > > First thank you, but needs work. After adding two more aperture types > to the script and concatenating the plot data, gerbv loaded it but all I > get is a large blob, it seems that the scale of the apertures and the > plot data are orders of magnitude different. I also have other files > with very different aperture report formats, Oh well... > > I'll play with it later, thanks again. > > __ > Ormund > > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user >
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