Re: gEDA-user: gerbv and eagle - done sorta

[Alvin Oga <alvin@Virtual.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ales ..

> [ Ales here, I'm reposting this since majordomo didn't recognize the
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thanx for reposting .... i think its an issue of virtual.*  vs mail.*  
in my email addy to majordomo ??

if it doesnt like my postings, i would think i cant fix it either
( unsubscribe and resubscribe )

> 
> 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'm using gerbv-0.13  and can see eagel's gerber_274x output
but it does crash on gerberauto outputs

> > 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.

i've since fixed or figured out some of the layer scheme and
how to make drill files and soldermasks, etc, etc..

	http://www.Linux-1U.net/TNT/LedAssy-2.1
	-- see the eagle howto files

c ya
alvin

> Theo
> 
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> Liphook, Hampshire, UK         theom@chiark.greenend.org.uk
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