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Subject: TCi PCB program

From: Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@...>
Date: 2002-05-02

Hi John, Dave,

I finally found the URL for TCi. There are some additional EMP's there,
if you are interested.

I emailed Bruno about the Gerber header, and asked if a later version
will support INCHES. We'll see if he cares to reply (I used babelfish
to translate to French), as well as sending English.

I've found TCI quite easy to use, after I got past the French (not
hard).

With the addition of an additional parser for the header, I've been able
to read the RS-274X files generated, and convert them to Gcode. I'm
still working on the algorithms, but it IS a nice way to generate simple
board layouts!

Are others interested in this? Will work with Eagle too, Although Eagle
is a bear to learn, IMO. I don't expect to do complicated designs, but
as long as one can "finish them up" in CAD (by importing the Gcode),
then it should suit my needs.

What have you done with TCI? I thought I'd post a simple trace from
TCI, and it's Gcode result.

http://b.urbani.free.fr/index.htm

Alan KM6VV