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The link for HPGS:
http://hpgs.berlios.de/

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 2:04 PM, James Bishop <bishopaj@...> wrote:

> You might want to have a look at 'HPGS', an open source app to convert
> HPGL files to eps or png.
>
> I made a pcb plotter a while back, and used HPGS to convert HPGL to EPS
> format. The reason i used it and not the PS output from the CAM processor is
> that the EPS output from HPGS looks a lot neater and was easier to parse
> from my plotter program. Depending on your scripting or coding skills, it
> might be possible to write something to tile your board layouts.
>
>
>
> On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 12:31 PM, Matthew Smith <matt@...>
> wrote:
>
> > Quoth Matthew Smith at 2008-05-05 11:42...
> >
> > > Quoth Andrew at 2008-05-05 10:59...
> > >
> > >> How about using vanilla gerbers and use
> > >> a gerber veiwer to lay them up.
> > >>
> > >> Veiwmate by pentalogix is free and will
> > >> do that. The free version wont let you
> > >> save layups though.
> >
> > OK - I went into Eagle and selected GERBER as the device. It wants a
> > wheel file. What's a wheel file?
> >
> > --
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> >
>
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