Homebrew PCBs

On 09/01/2010 17:45, Stefan Trethan wrote:
> Of course Target does Gerber.
> In the following lineup you can see all licensing options, the free
> "discover" version includes a text comment in the gerber files "only
> for non-commercial use" or something like that, to discourage
> commercial use. All versions can also import gerber files.
> <http://server.ibfriedrich.com/wiki/ibfwikien/index.php?title=Editions_and_prices>
>
> (There is only version of Target that doesn't do Gerber, the unlimited
> one you can download from PCB-Pool. This version is only licensed with
> PCB-Pool for production, understandable if they give away software
> that usually costs 3000eur for free they don't want you to make your
> boards elsewhere).
>
> There are also several special milling oputput formats in Target (for
> isolation milling). I have not milled myself but you can read about
> them here:
> <http://server.ibfriedrich.com/wiki/ibfwikien/index.php?title=Engraving_insulation_channels>
>
> Don't know about PCBArtist or Diptrace.
>
> ST
PCB Artist is a special version of Easy-PC, supplied by Advanced 
Circuits. It doesn't generate Gerbers (Easy-PC does, of course) but I 
believe that AC supplies them on request after the first order for a board.

Leon