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Re: TCi PCB program

2002-05-02 by Alan Marconett KM6VV

Hi John,

KCam!  OK, now I remember you saying you used it.  Can KCam then export
in DXF?  Sounds like a plan.  Let me know how it turns out.  I'd like to
see the results.

Alan  KM6VV


crankorgan wrote:
> 
> Hi Alan,
>         After I made a test board. I then saved it to a directory.
> Then I found when I clicked on Gerber a set of Gerber files
> appeared in that directory. I was then able to import one of them
> into KCam.  In KCam I might be able to rescale the drawing
> to inches. If I get time I will give it a shot.
> 
>                                       John
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:
> > Hi John,
> >
> > No, I hadn't seen target.  Similar to Eagle?  100 pins limit, might
> be a
> > little tight.  I'm thinking that I will probably upgrade on Eagle,
> IF I
> > can ever get time to learn it!
> >
> > Inches WOULD be easier!  I can get the MM/IN translation done by
> Vector
> > CAD/CAM, and I'm thinking I can put a parm in my program to do it
> for
> > me.
> >
> > What sort of board did you do in TCI?  Which output did you use?
> I've
> > posted a simple TCI file of a trace with it's corresponding
> (generated)
> > CNC file.
> >
> > Alan  KM6VV                             John

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