Thanks for the response. At 12:06 PM 4/22/2008, you wrote: > > I tried installing the current version of gerbv under Win2K SP4. It > > installed ok and started. But when I tried opening a Gerber file it > > crashed. It also crashed when I opened an XYRS file. Is there > > something else I need to do? > >What did it say when it crashed? And what version of windows are you >using?
It gave... --------------------------- Gerber Viewer2.0.1: : gerbv.exe - Application Error --------------------------- The instruction at "0x6b067700" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "read". Click on OK to terminate the program Click on CANCEL to debug the program --------------------------- OK Cancel --------------------------- I am running the most recent version which I had just downloaded, 2.0.1. >Note that the Windows version is experimental, and is not well >tested.... Yes, I have noted that... ;^) > > I also can't find any info on the specs for the XYRS file. That is > > what I am trying to do, verify that my XYRS file is correct, but I > > don't find anything like a standard for this. > >There is no standard for the pick-place file. Each machine vendor has >its own file format. Fortunately, most formats are just ASCII CSV >with X, Y, rotation and side info recorded in a human readible >format. Gerbv tries to guess what your pick/place file looks like, >but it is not omniscient. Yes, I am learning that XYRS is not in any way a standard. Are there any conventions for how to interpret the data? Where is the 0,0 point assumed? What is the 0 degree reference? Which *way* does the rotation go, CW or CCW? I guess you can get the 0,0 reference from the Gerbers, but how does the assembly house translate this to the board? I assume that again, there is no standard. >You can always use a spreadsheet program to reorder and manipulate >your XYRS file if need be. > > > My assembly house is telling me that my XYRS file has the rotations > > backwards, but it seems to me that the reference is arbitrary. > >Interesting..... What sense do they use to define rotations? CW or >CCW? I'm going over there now to discuss this with them. It resulted in my pretty, pretty prototypes being mangled by hand unsoldering and resoldering... :^( I'm off! I'll let you know what I find. Arius - A Signal Processing Solutions Company Specializing in DSP and FPGA design URL http://www.arius.com 4 King Ave 301-682-7772 Voice Frederick, MD 21701-3110 301-682-7666 FAX _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
