Re: gEDA-user: gerbv and eagle

[Ales Hvezda <ahvezda@seul.org>]

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From: Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk>

In article <200309222036.h8MKaJmx018771@Virtual.Linux-Consulting.com> you wrote:
> 
> gerbv  can see the top and bottom layers .. yippie
>        but gerbv segfaults on top.gbr and bottom.gbr
> 
> just some feedback that gerbv works 
>        - getting some pcb fab houses to quote this itty-bitty board
>        is becoming a nightmare :-)

gerbv /does/ work for Eagle output - I have some at
http://www.markettos.org.uk/riscos/ethernet/ that I tried successfully with
gerbv 0.10

I mailed the developer about something Eagle related (can't remember what)
and got a speedy reply, so you could always try giving him your files to
test.

> some dumb questions  ( guess i'll have to go find the eagle ml )
> -------------------
>        - how do i make a silk screen w/ eagle ?
>        - how do i create a "drill file" ?
>                how to tell eagle what size drill holes ?
>        - how do i create a "gerber wheel file" ?

Most of these are answered in http://www.precma.com/informatica/tutorial.htm
Otherwise I do recommend the Eagle newsgroups - they are very, very, useful
and it's most likely that someone has already asked most of what you might
want to know.

Theo

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