Homebrew PCBs

Hi Leon,

The reason is that EasyPC does not produce a track/pad outline file 
which can be converted into a gcode file for running on the mill. 
Eagle does, in fact there is a ulp file available for Eagle which 
converts the imported gerber (in script form) to gcode directly. I 
agree, though, Eagle is quirky, hence my question. EasyPC 6 is a nice 
program and highly intuitive, Eagle is tortuous. Maybe someone knows 
how to turn an extended gerber into gcode without Eagle or Deskpcb 
(expensive).

Roger


--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Leon Heller" 
<leon_heller@h...> wrote:
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "ralucas4277" <ralucas4277@y...>
> To: <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:54 AM
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Gerber > Eagle
> 
> 
> > Can anyone help?
> > 
> > I produce a gerber file from EasyPC, run it thru Eagle Power 
Tools 
> > Grb2Scr and import to Eagle 4.11. The file goes in and is 
displayed 
> > OK. However, when I run outlines.ulp or mill-outlines.ulp in 
Eagle 
> > all the track and pads are outlined as separate segments instead 
of 
> > tracks and pads being outlined as continuous tracks. I know I 
have 
> > read somewhere how to fix this problem, but can't find the 
details 
> > anywhere. Would appreciate some help.
> 
> Why do you need to do this? EasyPC is arguably a better program 
than Eagle.
> 
> Leon