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Re: gEDA-user: gerber2pcb gerbv script or function
John Griessen escreveu:
> Peter Clifton wrote:
>
> Sure, that would be a hit. It wouldn't just promote open software,
> but open hardware based on old designs and freely published reference designs and
> eval boards. You can make an argument that it helps piracy, but there's plenty of
> legit reverse engineering to do, and that is always there, free tools or proprietary tools.
>
> Ability to import an eval board from a chip maker as gerber2pcb primitives,
> hack out junk from it, and essentially turn the whole thing into a footprint
> would be a boon to education uses, and any developer use really.
And, if each gerber file could be placed on a different layer, it could
also be very usefull to create panels! Even compositions of various
boards to generate new Gerbers!
Alain
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