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Re: Pcb to G code

2012-11-23 by RL

Yes I have been a member of both groups for a while but had
to put the idea of cutting a board with a CNC until I could
build one. I have eched a few boards but I have allways drilled them
by hand. Now I would like to use my CNC, but I still can't get the
pcbgcode working yet. 
I found no file with a "fix", what file would it be in?
I do have the set-up working but when I try to open the drilling
files in Mach3 I get a error code on line one. 
Thanks. 

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Art Eckstein <art.eckstein@...> wrote:
>
> OOPS, just noticed your already a member of the yahoo group.  Also, I 
> did not realize until after my previous post that pcbgcode.com was a 
> seperate addon to pcb2gcode.ulp!
> 
> The ulp (latest version 3.5.2.11) is the latest version of pcb2gcode 
> and works very well as a stand alone product. You are not required to 
> have the pcbgcode.com front end.  If you search around the group, 
> there have been some attempts at optimization, but I don't use them 
> and therefore can't say how effective they are. I do use the auto 
> leveling add on and it seems to work quite well (the R68 version) and 
> all of this in Eagle 5.11.0.
> As others have said, if you use Eagle 6.x, there is a "fix" in the 
> files for the changes in the math structure, but consider that as a 
> beta at this time. I have not seen any feedback on how well it works.
> 
> Art
> Country Bubba
> 
>   At 10:26 AM 11/20/2012, you wrote:
> >I use pcb2gcode and there is both a yahoo group and a stand alone
> >phorum for it. It is an ULP addin to eagle and is freeware.
> >
> >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcb-gcode/
> >
> >and
> >
> ><http://www.pcbgcode.org/>http://www.pcbgcode.org/
> >
> >HTH
> >Art
> >Country Bubba
> >
> >
> >At 09:43 AM 11/20/2012, you wrote:
> > >I am trying to convert my Eagle Board file to a Gcode to
> > >drill holes with my CNC mach. but I have been unable to
> > >contact anyone from PCBGCODE.com to get the latest version.
> > >Does it still exist or did they close up? In the mean time are there
> > >any suggestions of other inexpensive softwares I may use to do this?
> > >Thanks,
> > >RL
>

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