On Sun, 2009-10-25 at 11:25 -0400, Harry Eaton wrote: > > Does geda have a .pcb file viewer, such as is output by the ExpressPCB free > > software for windows? I've got a small tabletop milling machine, and have > > been asked to do a board that is about half the size of a postage stamp. > > > > And, if so, can it convert a .pcb into a couple of .ngc's for feeding a > > milling machine, one for each side of the board? > > I think there may be some misunderstanding what you are asking here. > > I interpret your question to be "The windows program ExpressPCB has > created a ".pcb" file. Does geda have a viewer for this file?"
Ah - looks like I misread the question. > Now I don't know anything about ExpressPCB, but it probably creates > files in its own (probably proprietary) format and gives them a .pcb > suffix. IIRC, it is a vendor lock-in design program for their fab, so there is no way to export from it, not even gerbers. http://www.expresspcb.com/ Sorry! Like Harry said, re-designing the board in (gEDA) PCB would be the only option here, but I'm not 100% convinced about the output to mill commands anyway. Best test that bit first before investing too much time in re-designing the board! If the board's designer can take a screen-shot from express-pcb (perhaps one on each layer), you can import the screen-shot as a background to trace over in PCB. (Just a note.. the PCB+GL branch _can not_ render background images). Best wishes, Peter C. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
