Not an answer to your gerbv question, but have you considered using gerbmerge?
http://ruggedcircuits.com/gerbmerge/ It's what I have used in the past to panelize different gerbers into one big file. Stuart On Sat, 21 Sep 2013, David J S Briscoe wrote: > Hi, > I would like to use Gerbv to panellise up to 16 different pcb's onto a > panel with a fixed board area. I am a technician at a UK university and > would like to be able take the Gerber files submitted by students and > collect/merge them together/panellise them. The panel is then going to > be produced on an LPKF S62 pcb router. > Initially I would like to use Gerbv to auto panellise 16 fixed sized > pcb's onto a panel with a fixed working area (these boards are designed > by us and given to the students). At the moment I panellise the boards > MANUALLY using pcbnew in Kicad (all the boards are designed using > Kicad). I am able to fit 16 of these pcb's into the fixed panel area (4 > rows of 4). I know Gerbv can merge gerber files together. However each > individual gerber file has to be offset manually. I would like to be > able to automate the placement. I would like to experiment with patching > and compiling a local copy of Gerbv and using libgerbv to add this > functionality. > Is there any sample code I can use to get me started on this.What is the > easiest and quickest way to start compiling my own copy of Gerbv and how > do I compile any code that uses libgerbv? Do I compile this code > separately? I'm not sure where to begin. I see this as a task based > learning exercise and I hope someone can help me out. If you need any > more information please contact me off list or on here if it's appropriate. > Thank you. > > David. > > PS I am using Linux Mint 13 (maya) and Windows XP. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! > 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint > 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes > Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/22/13. > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=64545871&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > Gerbv-devel mailing list > Gerbv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gerbv-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LIMITED TIME SALE - Full Year of Microsoft Training For Just $49.99! 1,500+ hours of tutorials including VisualStudio 2012, Windows 8, SharePoint 2013, SQL 2012, MVC 4, more. BEST VALUE: New Multi-Library Power Pack includes Mobile, Cloud, Java, and UX Design. Lowest price ever! Ends 9/22/13. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=64545871&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Gerbv-devel mailing list Gerbv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gerbv-devel
