Hi Alan,
I am hoping my next PCs are less complicated. I spent
days getting my DXF file just right. I tried every program there
is. The TCI program is very easy to use. Hopefully it will be
made in inches.
Have you looked at Target?
http://www.ibfriedrich.com/ I got several programs to work on simple boards. I found
drawing in DXF lets me tweek pads and traces at will. If I could
find a simple way to get isolation and efficiency I would
switch. Right now I have burned out doing my last board. The
boards keep getting larger and larger. I have to do all kinds of
tricks in order to mill a board with only one bit.
John
--- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:
> 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