[sdiy] PCB. Fabricators thereof. Get a gerber viewer !

[Vesa Lahteenmaki]

>From: "Batz Goodfortune" <batzman-nr at all-electric.com>
>To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
>Subject: [sdiy] PCB. Fabricators thereof.
>Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:20:42 +1030
>
>And of course, working directly from a Protel4 file would be good. None of 
>this proprietary software crap. Which is actually generic and is only 
>cosmetically different from all the other lame PCB CADs. (And can't import 
>a real PCB format.) I could generate a batch of'gerbils' but since I can't 
>be sure of what it is I'm actually generating, I don't wanna risk getting 
>back completely ass-up boards. As happened to us once at work. But that was 
>many moons ago.
>

You  should absolutely ALLWAYS use some kind of gerber viewer before sending 
gerber data out.

In the old days, lots of problems from dummy gerber code ( aperture 
definitions not included in the gerber files ), but later the extended 
RS-274X format corrected that.  Never use the old format.

I use pro level software at work, http://www.downstreamtech.com/cam350.html.
This can be downloaded , but there is a certain limit in data size for the 
free evalution mode.

I know there are many free viewers around, but I have no experience in 
these:
Viewmate:    http://www.pentalogix.com/
GC-Prevue     http://www.graphicode.com/
gerbv            http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/
etc...

With gerber viewer you can be certain that the created data is what you 
really want.

vjhl

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