Re: gEDA-user: comments on gcode generation (was: Re: exportingsingle pcb layers)

["Bert Timmerman" <bert.timmerman@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Markus, 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Markus Hitter
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 12:48 PM
> To: gEDA user mailing list
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: comments on gcode generation (was: 
> Re: exportingsingle pcb layers)
> 
> 
> Am 30.11.2010 um 16:29 schrieb chrysn:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 22, 2010 at 08:29:31AM +0100, Alberto Maccioni wrote:
> >>> in the process of cnc-milling a pcb with a custom shape using 
> >>> pcb2gcode [1], i created a polygon on a separate layer...
> >> Have you ever tried the g-code exporter included in PCB?
> >> I've never been able to make pcb2gcode work with minimally complex 
> >> boards.
> >
> > i just did so, and found out there are some reasons i'll -- 
> at least 
> > for the time being -- will continue to use external tools:
> >
> > * no voronoi mode: all the "other tools" (see below) support a mode
> >   where they fill the unused area of the board with the closest net.
> >   this cuts the machining time down to less than 50%.
> 
> Yes, this would be a very welcome addition. Is there a pure C 
> library with this stuff available somewhere? Java or C++ 
> isn't an option for inclusion with gEDA.
>

http://www.qhull.org

There happens to live a git repo here:

git://gitorious.org/qhull/qhull.git

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman.



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