Re: gEDA-user: CNC Milling

[John Luciani <jluciani@xxxxxxxxx>]

The Fab Lab in Boston uses a Roland Modela MDX-20. There is
a python script that translates the gerber files that Eagle
creates into routing commands
(http://web.media.mit.edu/~neilg/fab/dist/cam.py).

I brought a couple of Gerber files (created with gEDA/PCB)
to try routing a board using the milling machine. Unfortunately
the CAM program  only understands a subset of the Gerber
specification, specifically the subset that Eagle outputs :(

Some pictures I took at the Fab Lab in South Boston are at
http://luciani.org/photos/pic1/2008-03-22-fab-lab/index.html. The Fab
Lab is an educational outreach component for the Center for Bits and
Atoms (CBA) at MIT.

(* jcl *)

-- 

You can't create open hardware with closed EDA tools.

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