Markus, That is good news.Could someone tell be how to add these files to the current pcb-20100929 source download and recompile? Otherwise, I will have to wait on the next source snapshot, which is fine. I would love to see the latest patches, though.
I do not know how your '0023-board outline milling' patch works, but I would like to share a thought:
On page 1 of the LPKF brochure (http://www.lpkfusa.com/datasheets/prototyping/rp_brochure.pdf ), it shows a screenshot of their pcb artwork software. The thick grey traces are used to route the border of the part. I noticed the breaks in the trace in order to create attachment tabs, which you can see in the picture to the right of the mill making some boards.
You could have a field in the g-code export window where you can choose a layer from pcb, which contains the traces for the border routing operation. The user can customize with a simple series of thick (or thin) traces exactly what shape they want the pcb border to be, i.e. with or without tabs, what diameter endmill to use, etc.
Thanks, Dave On 11/11/2010 07:14 PM, Markus Hitter wrote:
Am 11.11.2010 um 20:28 schrieb dfro@xxxxxxxxx:The drill xxx.gcode.drill.cnc file goes through the board drilling all of the holes without differentiating the different drill sizes (found in the xxx.fab.gbr file). And, there are no tool change g-codes for changing between drill sizes.You have an old version of the G-code exporter. Ths sorting is done already, just the T command is missing. See: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=3100354&group_id=73743&atid=538813 That said, I plan to mill bigger holes with the mill bit: drill with a 0.8 mm bit, do an outline mill with an 1.0 mm bit and everything is appropriate with just one tool change. Markus - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dipl. Ing. (FH) Markus Hitter http://www.jump-ing.de/ _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
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