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gEDA-user: exporting single pcb layers



hi geda-users,

in the process of cnc-milling a pcb with a custom shape using pcb2gcode
[1], i created a polygon on a separate layer. in the following
processing steps, i need a gerber file that contains just that polygon
(without holes for the pins, becaus they don't belong to the outline).

my current workflow is to create a copy of the pcb file and strip away
all pins and vias using

	sed -e 's/^\tPin/# &/' -e 's/^\t\(SymbolLine\|Line\)/# &/' -e 's/^Via/# &/'

but that's certainly not ideal.

is there a way to either

* flag a layer in pcb in such a way that it won't get interference from
  other layers,
* make pcb export only a single layer, or
* make pcb remove all layers but one (in that case, i'd still need to
  duplicate the file)?

the last option could be done with an advanced sed script as well, but
i'd prefer to rely on pcb for parsing pcb files instead of hoping that
the assumptions the sed script works on hold.

regards
chrysn

[1] http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pcb2gcode/

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