Re: gEDA-user: solder stencil in drafting acetate

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> It would be nice if I could do this direct from the gerber for the
> paste layer.  I was wondering how hard it would be to tweak gerbv to
> output vectors for pad edges?  I'd be willing to hack in a .dxf
> exporter if I had a road-map and a little advice.

Not so hard to write a HID to export the paste layer to whatever
format you need.  No point going through an intermediate file format.

You can even make it a plug-in :-)

> And, while I'm posting... I have a line on an old laser cutter that
> I might buy.  I'm wondering how many other pcb users would be
> interested in a plastic stencil cutting service?

How big is the laser aperture?  The Pololu laser is 10 mil, which is
too big for some of the small pitch stuff I work with.


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