[sdiy] RS274D Gerber File

[Magnus Danielson]

From: "Ray Wilson" <raywilson at comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [sdiy] RS274D Gerber File
Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 19:37:22 -0700
Message-ID: <003e01c3bec6$8a46e590$6701a8c0 at rayw.webserver.net>

> Thanks Mike but I need the whole enchilada because I want to implement it
> into a program myself. I will check out the GNU stuff to see what I can
> learn. Thanks for your help.

You can learn alot, since Stefan (who I know) had to work hard in order to make
it deal with all the kind of strange quirks there is in the real life Gerber
files. There are a few specs flying around.

Barco/Gerber's Gerber RS-274X Format User's Guide:
http://www.pcbtech.ru/pcb/dlz/rs274xc.pdf

Quick-guide:
http://www.etsind.com/dloads/MBarco/Softwa/274X.pdf

Cheers,
Magnus