Re: [PEDA] Viewing Gerber Files

2004-04-21 Thread Phillip Stevens
For 99SE there was a separate application called camtastic (www.camtastic.com). This was available, at one point, to 99SE users as part of an upgrade deal. So, not sure if you have this or not. It was later integrated into DXP. There is also a standalone viewer: http://www.camtastic.com/downl

Re: [PEDA] Viewing Gerber Files

2004-04-21 Thread Harry Selfridge
The Gerber file extensions are listed in the Help Files under: Index>Output, generating>Gerber File Output Setup>File Extensions Used to Identify Each Gerber File. They are also in the printed Protel 99 manual on page 610. To view the files, you should use a Gerber editor such as Camtastic, V

Re: [PEDA] Viewing Gerber Files

2004-04-21 Thread Steve Smith
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Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files with Protel [was:Viewing gerber files]

2002-12-03 Thread JaMi Smith
rom: "Tony Karavidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 10:28 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files with Protel [was:Viewing gerber files] > If you want to browse their old KB, g

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files with Protel [was:Viewing gerber files]

2002-12-01 Thread Tony Karavidas
DA] Viewing gerber files with Protel > [was:Viewing gerber files] > > > > - Original Message - > From: "Tony Karavidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, November 25,

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files with Protel [was:Viewing gerber files]

2002-12-01 Thread JaMi Smith
- Original Message - From: "Tony Karavidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files with Protel [was:Viewing gerber files] > Wow,

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files with Protel [was:Viewing gerber files]

2002-11-29 Thread Robert M. Wolfe
want to hope your fab vendor will catch bad output. Bob Wolfe - Original Message - From: "Kulajew Waldemar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 4:43 AM Subject: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files with

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files with Protel [was:Viewing gerber files]

2002-11-25 Thread Ian Wilson
On 11:31 AM 25/11/2002 -0800, Tony Karavidas said: Wow, check this out: http://www.airborn.com.au/layout/autotbug.html The site states: "Octagonal pads are rotated by 22.5 degrees in gerber plots. Most australian manufacturers then rotate them back again for you. I elect not to use octagonal pa

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files

2002-11-25 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
the ability to import gerber files is extremely useful, not just for checking the gerber. as others have suggested, using Protel for checking gerber suffers from the problem that errors in intepreting the gerber standards may be duplicated in the import routines. They could *not* be considered

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files

2002-11-25 Thread Jon Elson
Alfonso Baz wrote: Hi all On several occasions I've seen postings here, that suggest checking Gerber files for nefarious errors. I've examined these files and found them to be text files full of data (a lot like EPS files). I'm hoping that checking Gerber files doesn't mean understanding the d

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files with Protel [was:Viewing gerber files]

2002-11-25 Thread Tony Karavidas
gt; -Original Message- >> From: Tony Karavidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 4:51 AM >> To: 'Protel EDA Forum' >> Subject: Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files >> >> <-- snipp --> >

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files

2002-11-25 Thread rlamoreaux
>> My question is how do you view and/or check the gerber? Is there some gerber >> viewer program out there that I need to know about, or perhaps a feature in >> protel99se that I'm not aware of. > Yes. It is called CamTastic and you should have received a copy with Protel 99SE. >I think that t

[PEDA] Viewing gerber files with Protel [was:Viewing gerber files]

2002-11-25 Thread Kulajew Waldemar
a viewer that is not sold with the EDA-System. Spell: Graphicode or other freeware. regards Waldemar > -Original Message- > From: Tony Karavidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 4:51 AM > To: 'Protel EDA Forum' > Su

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files

2002-11-25 Thread Norbert Hoppe
- Original Message - From: "Alfonso Baz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2002 1:50 AM Subject: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files > Hi all > > On several occasions I've seen postings

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files

2002-11-23 Thread Alfonso Baz
e probably fairly independent developments. Now that Protel has > Camtastic, they have two solutions for you. (Camtastic was supplied with > P99 or was it P99SE??) > > Tony > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Bevan Weiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files

2002-11-22 Thread Tony Karavidas
supplied with P99 or was it P99SE??) Tony > -Original Message- > From: Bevan Weiss [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 7:01 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files > > > > Hi all > > > >

Re: [PEDA] Viewing gerber files

2002-11-22 Thread Bevan Weiss
> Hi all > > On several occasions I've seen postings here, that suggest checking Gerber > files for nefarious errors. > I've examined these files and found them to be text files full of data (a > lot like EPS files). > I'm hoping that checking Gerber files doesn't mean understanding the data! > 8-)

[PEDA] Viewing gerber files

2002-11-22 Thread Alfonso Baz
Hi all On several occasions I've seen postings here, that suggest checking Gerber files for nefarious errors. I've examined these files and found them to be text files full of data (a lot like EPS files). I'm hoping that checking Gerber files doesn't mean understanding the data! 8-) My question i