I agree Gerbv is free and open source and I use linux. It works great for windows also.
It throws a error when I open a kicad drill file. Also these drill files do not show up in BatchPCB check tool. But when I export them as a Ep... drill file then they show up and no error. I made a mistake with the ratio button and the drill files showed up strange & in the wrong locations. So I agree that is a good check. But the results from batchpcb after I changed the extensions to what they want the silk screen shown layors below it where it was. The picture output was strange. I do not know where I can find documentation on kicads drill file options and plot options so I know what one to check from batch pcb's faq and other instructions. --- In [email protected], "Richard" <ax...@...> wrote: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], NeonJohn <jgd@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Richard wrote: > > > > > > That said, I do recommend that you preview the Gerber files and the > > > drill file using the free previewer ViewMate > > > (http://www.pentalogix.com/). It's not FOSS but it is sort of a de > > > facto industry standard. If everything lines up and looks correct in > > > ViewMate then you're probably good to go. > > > > > > How does this compare to the gerber viewer included in KiCAD. I'm a > > Linux user so it's not so easy to test software that won't run under > > Wine and this one won't. > > Well, two reasons to recommend ViewMate. At least a couple of board houses > recommended it in their "do this before you submit" checklists. Also > specifically because it's outside of the Kicad family, to avoid potentially > shared assumptions regarding how to generate and then to interpret the Gerber > and drill files. > > I'm surprised it won't run under Wine but given that is the case, give your > boards a look with gEDA's viewer for another opinion. > > Tellico, eh? My people are out of Mcminn, in the piney woods over towards > Decatur. God's country! >
