On Sunday 25 October 2009, 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?" > >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. Geda has a program for designing boards called pcb, and it is >common practice to use a .pcb suffix for files it produces in its >(open) native format. It is highly unlikely that there is any >reasonable similarirty between the two file formats. > >So if you have a design created with ExpressPCB that you want to work >with, I think Peter's answer won't help you. You could instead >redesign the board using geda's pcb (I can't believe I typed that) and >then use Peter's suggestions. > And what is the pcb designers cli name?
I think I have all of the geda suite installed, but there is not a pcb designer in the electronics menu. Only gerbview, gshem and gattrib seem to have been installed into the menu's. F10 system here, on a quad core phenom, 4GB of ram, 2.x terrabytes of drives. . >Cheers, >harry > > >_______________________________________________ >geda-user mailing list >[email protected] >http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user > -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) The NRA is offering FREE Associate memberships to anyone who wants them. <https://www.nrahq.org/nrabonus/accept-membership.asp> No matter how subtle the wizard, a knife in the shoulder blades will seriously cramp his style. _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
