Gerber software?
Mar 27, 2011 | 7:56 pm
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Gerber software?
Anyone know of a decent, pretty basic, free or shareware software for creating Gerber files? Viewers abound, but creating them is the problem.
Alternatively, a converter from WMF, Postscript, or DXF files (or others) would be acceptable.
Note: I don't need a goober creator - I did pretty well with that myself.
Alternatively, a converter from WMF, Postscript, or DXF files (or others) would be acceptable.
Note: I don't need a goober creator - I did pretty well with that myself.
Mar 27, 2011 | 9:00 pm
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I had a friend who was online who does some of that work, and asked him, he was not 100% sure but suggested
http://www.freepcb.com/
he was pretty sure it was capable of doing it.
http://www.freepcb.com/
he was pretty sure it was capable of doing it.
Mar 30, 2011 | 12:40 pm
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I've used freePCB before, and its pretty good for a windows based PCB layout solution.
On the other end of the free spectrum is gEDA. gEDA is a complete Electronic Design Automation suite, which covers tasks from circuit design and simulation all the way through to board layout. Its free (GPL), and a great option for POSIX platforms (Mac OSX, Linux, Unix, etc.).
I've heard that gEDA's layout software, PCB, will run on Windows, but I haven't tried it. It will need to be compiled from source, and run with an X server.
On the other end of the free spectrum is gEDA. gEDA is a complete Electronic Design Automation suite, which covers tasks from circuit design and simulation all the way through to board layout. Its free (GPL), and a great option for POSIX platforms (Mac OSX, Linux, Unix, etc.).
I've heard that gEDA's layout software, PCB, will run on Windows, but I haven't tried it. It will need to be compiled from source, and run with an X server.