Re: gEDA-user: import gerber

[James Cotton <peabody124@xxxxxxxxx>]

Cool, I will try that.  Will there be any problems with scale
though if I use the export function from gerbv and then convert the png
output?  Also if I have the gtk version of pcb in use, can I
access the Xaw version w/o recompiling it?  If not is there any
other way to embed a picture?  Can I just clip the antenna part of
the image and make a symbol that is just a picture?

James

On 12/2/05, DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As a workaround you may try the option "-background <file.ppm>".
> This puts a *.ppm image to the backgound of the design window so you can
> imitate its shape with tracks. The "gimp" or "convert" from the image
> magick suite might be the right tool to produce a ppm image from other
> formats.

Note that you need the Xaw version of pcb to do this; it's disabled in
the Gtk version.