At 02:43 PM 11/16/01 -0500, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: >You forgot CAMtastic. I have used it once, not enough to have mastered it, >but it was useful for post-processing and verifying the Gerbers that Protel >produced. I was glad to have it.
To inspect a board with CAMtastic is *really* fast and easy. Assuming that the CAM Manager has auto-exported the CAM files to a directory. Start CAMtastic. A default CAM file will be created automatically. Use File/Import/Gerber Quick Load. Navigate with the directory brower to the directory where the exported CAM files are. Leave Autodetect on. OK. After a brief pause, all the CAM files will load, ready for viewing. check or uncheck the layers on the left to enable or disable layers. You may need to redraw the screen under the View menu. To navigate around the board, move the cursor to what you want to be the new screen center and press + to zoom in or - to zoom out. There are lots of tools for identifying objects, measuring clearances, etc., but basic viewing can be done just as I have described. I now *always* look at the CAM files. If I need to make a change to the PCB, I make it, hit the CAM Outputs tab at the top, rt.-click on its workspace and Generate CAM files, accepting the overwrite of the original data when queried. Then I go back to CAMtastic, close the current file without saving it, start a new one with File/New, and then File/Import/Gerber Quick Load will bring it back; the file browser will already be pointing to the same output directory. It is .... fast .... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
