Homebrew PCBs

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