This (free) software takes PCB artworks created in inkscape and generates manufacturing files.
https://github.com/boldport/pcbmode Some examples here : https://github.com/boldport/circuit-board-photos On Sun, Jan 31, 2021 at 11:07 PM Mac Doktor <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Jan 31, 2021, at 5:51 PM, Mac Doktor <[email protected]> wrote: > > I finally got a macro program and used it to do all of the mousing for me. > LUXURY. > > > I hit send too soon. > > At the time I was working for a local printer. My workflow was to draw the > board at 200%, print it out on their 300DPI laser printer, and shoot a > negative at 50% with their enormous old camera. This increased the > resolution to 600DPI and smoothed out the edges of angled traces. Analog > anti-aliasing. > > I used the negative to expose pre-sensitized blank boards and etch them. > My etching tank was a deep Pyrex® (borosilicate glass) baking dish with a > long aquarium aerator "bar" in the bottom. This was connected to an air > pump with a bleeder valve that I used to vary the pressure and therefore > the amount of bubbling. This in turn agitated the board so strongly and > evenly that a perfect etch (with used ferric chloride) only took a few > minutes—unattended. > > I set up my Unimat as a miniature drill press, clamped the board on the > milling table, and used the precision feed-screws to drill perfectly spaced > and aligned holes. > > Those were the days. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com/ > > “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The stars, it > said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close up.”—Carl > Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", *Cosmos*, 1980 > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2F747440-EBAD-46F4-8AAB-E62BB89209B4%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2F747440-EBAD-46F4-8AAB-E62BB89209B4%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALiMYrt1o0r%2B0r%2BGMpjyxQY%2BhZymF9%2BXxnUGs_wyj6BgVQ0_2w%40mail.gmail.com.
