I would appreciate a copy. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 05:22 PM 12/05/2001 +0100, you wrote: >Me to.. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-----Ursprungligt meddelande----- >Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Skickat: den 5 december 2001 17:02 >Till: Protel EDA Forum >Ämne: Re: [PEDA] AW: CAMTASTIC GERBER TO PROTEL TRANSLATOR? > > >If possible I would love a copy too, Please. > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >-----Original Message----- >From: Georg Beckmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 12:04 AM >To: 'Protel EDA Forum' >Subject: [PEDA] AW: CAMTASTIC GERBER TO PROTEL TRANSLATOR? > > >I sent it to Abdulrahman Lomax he wanted to bring it to the file section in >this forum. >But anyway, I send it to your e-mail address. > >Georg > >-----Urspr ngliche Nachricht----- >Von: Brooks,Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Gesendet: Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2001 01:47 >An: 'Protel EDA Forum'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Betreff: [PEDA] CAMTASTIC GERBER TO PROTEL TRANSLATOR? > > >Georg Beckmann mentioned having a little utility to convert the GERBER >output from CAMTASIC to PROTEL compatible Gerber.... for import to Protel. >Does anyone have this file they can make available to me? I would like to >test it on some boards I am plying with. Could be very useful.... thanks >Bill Brooks >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Brooks,Bill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, December 03, 2001 9:59 AM >To: 'Protel EDA Forum'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >Subject: Re: [PEDA] AW: imported Gerber info missing > > >Hi Georg, Could I get a copy of the Gerber translator program you mentioned >in this post? >- Bill Brooks > >Bill Brooks >PCB Design Engineer , C.I.D. >DATRON WORLD COMMUNICATIONS, INC >3030 Enterprise Court >Vista, CA 92083 >Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >IPC Designers Council, San Diego Chapter >http://www.ipc.org/SanDiego/ >http://home.fda.net/bbrooks/pca/pca.htm > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Georg Beckmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 2:17 AM >To: 'Protel EDA Forum' >Subject: [PEDA] AW: imported Gerber info missing > > >Thanks for the advice, someone made me a simple program to convert the >gerber files generated by camtastic that protel can inport it. >The program adds the Dnn and cuts the first 3 lines of the gerber >that protel don't understand. > >It is a simple DOS program you can start in a dos-box with the name of the >source gerber to convert. The result is a file with the same name but a >gbx instead of a gbr extention. So you have to rename it and preserve your >source somewhere. > >With this I was able to import the gerber. > >The drills I first imported in camtastic and had to make a tool file. >( In my sources the drill tools and the apertures are only in a text-Doc ) > >Then I exported the drills as a gerber and imported to protel on a mech >layer. With global change it was possible to add a hole of the same size >then the pad on this layer. > >Now I can make the post processes and even make minor changes on this pcb. > > >--> If anybody wants the program, please let me know, it's free. > > >Georg > > > -----Urspr ngliche Nachricht----- > > Von: Abd ul-Rahman Lomax [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Gesendet: Freitag, 19. Oktober 2001 07:57 > > An: Protel EDA Forum > > Betreff: Re: [PEDA] imported Gerber info missing > > > > > > At 03:40 PM 10/18/01 -0600, Colby Siemer wrote: > > >Ted, > > > > > >The reason Protel will not import the gerber properly is > > because of the way > > >the DCodes are done in the CAMTastic version being used. > > > > > >Protel needs to have the DCode listed each time, it does not > > assume the last > > >used DCode if it is missing. CamTastic only lists it one > > time until the > > >code changes then it lists it again. > > > > Note that this refers to the D-Code for flash or for draw, > > which is D01 or > > D02, I forget which is which. The line format, at least the > > usual one, is > > > > X[x1]Y[y1]Dnn* > > > > where x1 and y1 are integers formatted according to the > > settings. When you > > want to examine a file, it can be useful to set zero > > suppression to none, > > so every coordinate will be the same length. That makes it > > easy to set up > > field in a database. > > > > Anyway, the RS-274 standard is that a parameter remains the > > same unless it > > is changed. So if you have, for example, two points with the same X > > coordinate, you could draw a line between the two without > > having to specify > > the X coordinate twice. Protel reads this correctly. > > > > The same thing is true for the D-codes which specify the > > aperture. One does > > not have to specify the aperture over and over again, it > > simply remains > > what it was when it was last set. > > > > It had never occurred to me that the D-command at the end of > > the line would > > be the same way. But it is. A line like > > X[xvalue]* > > will either draw or flash depending on the last used D-code. > > The asterisk > > is sufficient in that case. (CR/Line Feed is irrelevant to > > Gerber code as I > > recall, but it is usually used, makes it much easier to read! > > And Protel > > might require it, I think.) > > > > I could not see any option in CAMtastic which would control > > this feature in > > the output. CAMtastic apparently assumes that it is > > universally known; > > indeed, it should be. It was an error for the Protel > > programmers to assume > > that imported gerber was Protel-generated. Yes, they might > > not have wanted > > to implement the full standard, but this item was trivial. It would > > probably take me about twenty minutes to write a program to > > restore the > > D-codes, and that is long because I haven't done any > > programming recently, > > and I tend to make lots of dumb mistakes. > > > > If someone has the time and inclination to write it, we could > > put up a > > utility to restore the missing D-codes. The algorithm is > > 1. read line, drop asterisk > > 2. parse D-code, save as X$ > > 3. if no D-code, write previous X$ at end > > 4. add asterisk > > 5. write line > > back to 1 until file end. > > > > > > > > [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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
