I am faced with a similar problem. I need to compare 2 gerber spins of the same PCB design.
But with 1, it is designed in 99SE & the polygon fills (many used) are done with overlapping traces. In my 2nd, I converted the original to DXP & changed all fills to solid polygons. Well, when you generate the gerbers, & view for diffs with a gerber viewer, it displays the same shape of fill as a difference, as one is made with traces, the other is a solid fill. I really don't care, as the net end result, is what I want; a solid piece of copper. I need a gerber viewer/compare which ignores the details & shows me the 2 diffs only. Has anyone else ( many I am sure ) had this same dilemma & how did you overcome it ??? Head scratching me..... Regards TDK -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of techsupport Sent: Friday, June 10, 2005 9:12 PM To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] RE: P99SE Camtestic add-on (Was: Can you edit Gerbers withProtel ) > call altium. Unfortunately, the salesperson I talked to said they > certainly don't have any CDs for such an old product. I call BS on that. Do you believe them? Salespeople lie, lie, lie. When they don't know the answers, they will make up answers to avoid doing work or giving you a better deal. Be assertive. Contact someone else at Altium. Stand up for your rights. If that doesn't work, maybe this free, open source Gerber viewer will work for you: http://freshmeat.net/projects/gerbv/ Disclaimer: I have not tried it. If you try it, let us know how well it worked for you. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com -- Open WebMail Project (http://openwebmail.org) ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Darcy Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PEDA (E-mail)" <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:47:25 -0600 Subject: [PEDA] RE: P99SE Camtestic add-on (Was: Can you edit Gerbers with Protel ) > I just tried to get a copy of Camtastic from Altium with no luck. > We've got a licensed version of P99SE and even a directory image of > Camtastic. AFAIK, the actual camtastic CD was lost before I started > with Dynastream. Since then, I've faithfully copied the Camtastic > directory from one computer to the next. Just last week I finally > ran into a problem where I needed Camtastic to be properly > installed. When this thread came up, it gave me the motivation to > call altium. Unfortunately, the salesperson I talked to said they > certainly don't have any CDs for such an old product. > > Any other suggestions? > > Darcy Davis > Dynastream Innovations > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bagotronix Tech > Support > Sent: June 9, 2005 1:47 PM > To: Protel EDA Discussion List > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Can you edit Gerbers with Protel > > > If you have a licensed copy of Protel 99SE you should have > received a > licensed copy of Camtastic 2000 as part of the deal. If > you didn't > receive it, I'd contact Altium sales and try to get one > sent to you. > I'm sure they'll try to "up-sell" you on Protel 2004 > but as a licensed > P99SE user you are entitled to the Camtastic add- > on they gave everyone > as part of the P99SE package. > > I've got to agree with Matt here. You need to claim your copy of > Camtastic now, before it gets lost in the sands of "tech time". I > use Camtastic as a final inspection step after I have processed the > boards into Gerbers. It is a good final check to make sure things > turned out the way I want. Sometimes I find things that need fixing. > I'm no expert at Camtastic, so I just use it as a fancy viewer, > making my fixes to the PCB and re-generating the Gerbers if needed. > > Get it while you still can. > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > Matt Pobursky wrote: > > If you have a licensed copy of Protel 99SE you should have received a > > licensed copy of Camtastic 2000 as part of the deal. If you didn't > > receive it, I'd contact Altium sales and try to get one sent to you. > > I'm sure they'll try to "up-sell" you on Protel 2004 but as a licensed > > P99SE user you are entitled to the Camtastic add-on they gave everyone > > as part of the P99SE package. > > > > Matt Pobursky > > Maximum Performance Systems > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[email protected] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[email protected] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ------- End of Original Message ------- ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
