Re: gEDA-user: Schematic Capture to dxf File - using gEDA, Inkscape, and pstoedit

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

Hi Dave N6NZ, drfo@xxxxxxxxx,


> -----Original Message-----
> From: geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:geda-user-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of dfro@xxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 8:14 AM
> To: gEDA user mailing list
> Subject: Re: gEDA-user: Schematic Capture to dxf File - using 
> gEDA, Inkscape, and pstoedit
> 
> 
> 
> Dave N6NZ wrote:
> > On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:08 PM, dfro@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > <snip>
> >> If you convert the backmask or the frontmask files either 
> with the 'gEDA/pcb to dxf' route or the 'Gerber to dxf', you 
> can very quickly have your solder paste mask.
> > Almost.  There *is* a paste layer, although it isn't very 
> flexible (I have plans for that, too).  The paste layer and 
> the mask layer are not the same.  The paste layer reflects 
> only surface pads, not through-hole pads.
> > 
> Thanks, Dave. I never noticed the paste layer produced by the 
> gerber or the postscript export. That is a great feature of 'pcb'.
> 
> You can easily do the 'gEDA, Inkscape, pstoedit' process on 
> the paste layer .gbr or .ps file, and you will have your .dxf 
> of it for laser cutting.
> 
> 

FWIW, There lives a dxf exporter for pcb in a not yet finished state at:

http://github.com/bert/pcb-dxf-hid

Maybe something to look at for you guys.

I have ample time for further development on this exporter in the
foreseeable future, so you may clone/fork as yo see fit.

Kind regards,

Bert Timmerman. 



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