Homebrew PCBs

Hi Adam,

Thanks!  I'll take a look.  I've been parsing Gerber files to generate
Gcode (well, PLC's), but they directly convert to Gcode when I'm ready.

Alan  KM6VV

Adam Seychell wrote:
> 
> I wrote a simple program that plots Gerber RS-274X files to a TIFF at
> any specified resolution. There is an option to make negatives. I
> haven't supported all the features of the RS-274X standard but it should
> work fine with Protel. If you have any questions then feel free to
> contact me. There is a lot more work needed to turn it into a useful
> tool. note: GERB2TIF is a Win32 console app.
> 
> http://www.alphalink.com.au/~seychell/gerb2tif_04.zip
> 
> Dwayne Reid wrote:
> 
> >At 03:16 PM 6/5/02 -0700, Randy Knutson wrote:
> >
> >>Hi:
> >> I was wondering if anyone knew how to invert a printed circuit board
> >>image? I am using protel 99se and I can print a positive of the image
> >>just fine but I am trying to find a way to invert this image turning it
> >>into a negative. Protel allows you to export an image as a windows media
> >>file but when I do this and take it into an image editing program such as
> >>paint much resolution is lost. I am trying very hard to avoid the process
> >>of printing, scanning and reprinting. Any suggestions would be greatly
> >>apprecitated!
> >>Thanks,
> >>Randy Knutson
> >>
> >
> >There are several solutions.
> >
> >1) Print artwork files to disk as HPGL and use PrintGL
> ><http://www.concentric.net/~ravitz/> to do what you will with them.  This
> >is the method I use.
> >
> >2) Print artwork files to disk as Gerber and use one of the freebie Gerber
> >viewers to print the file.  I *think* they can do a negative but I'm not
> >sure.  Look for GCprevue from <www.graphicode.com> or ViewMate
> ><www.lavenir.com> i
> >
> >I think highly of Cary Ravitz's PrintGL - so much so that I purchased a
> >licence several years ago.  I use it several times each week.  Do note that
> >the software is not crippled in any way - it works the same if you pay for
> >it or not.  Only your karma knows the difference!
> >
> >dwayne
> >
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