Thank you for the recommendation.
I'm still looking for a good gerber viewer, so far all I tried had
problems with one file or the other (gerber has too many ways to do
the same thing).
The best so far is Viewplot, the user interface is crazy but it opens
most of the files correctly.
I'll check out gerbView tomorrow and let the group know if there were
any issues.
It's good to know the support is responsive, but I'm really not in the
market for banana software in this case and problems with certain
files would be a no-go. I need a viewer to double-check gerber files
before sending them out and I can't be spending time trying to find
out if the file is bad or the viewer.
ST
On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 8:15 PM, studleylee <indigo_red@...> wrote:
> I've been talking with Terje at gerbView
> http://www.softwarecompanions.com/gerbview.html
>
> The program is great for viewing and exporting gerbers to DXF, but I
> asked if He could add an option to
> add DXF exports as DXF outlines with simplified entities. He is working
> on it and very supportive.
>
> this would make it a killer affordable application
> for milling pcbs that are high density. I'm not interested in clearing
> lots of copper isolation, just one pass
> at outlining traces.
>
> I do very fine SMT work for my protos for home and work and the only
> other tool
> the does this well is "ACE Translator 3000" at $750. They also take
> forever just to authorize you to try a
> and download a hidden demo.
>
> If Gerbview is great as is for comparing and viewing gerbers and this
> would put it over the top. Their support
> is excellent also: I found an odd case where my work Mentor BoardStation
> generated gerbers had rectangular
> items skewed and he fixed it almost immediately and sent me an update.
>
> please email them and add you support of this idea.
> Terje at gerbView http://www.softwarecompanions.com/gerbview.h
>
> -Lee Studley
>
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