Re: gEDA-user: Open Source mechanical CAD on the horizon

[Peter Clifton <pcjc2@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 18:27 -0500, Dan McMahill wrote:
> pstoedit converts postscript to various formats.  So I suppose you could 
> try pcb export to postscript and then pstoedit to produce dxf.  That 
> said, there are always issues with file conversions and I suspect you're 
> much better off letting pcb directly produce dxf.  But it may just work.

NB: The code being talked about is DXF -> PCB outline... not PCB->DXF.

It seems that we now have _three_ people who have independently written
such a tool. I guess this suggests people are wishing to design boards
which fit in a given mechanical envelope, as exported from a mech.-cad
package.

> 
> Windell H. Oskay wrote:
> > Doesn't pstoedit already do this, too?
> > 
> > http://www.pstoedit.net/
> > 
> > Are there advantages to these custom versions?
> > 
> >>> I've wrote some C++ code to convert a DXF to PCB. It is in "works for
> >>> me"
> >>> state.
> >>>
> >>> Levente
> >> I've written one as well, in the same state.
> >>
> >> http://vivara.net/software/dxftopcb/
> >>
> >> I'd like to see pcb link to dxflib for import and export.
> > 
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