Homebrew PCBs

Hi, I recently updated gerb2tiff command line tool for converting Gerber
files to TIFF raster image.
If anyone is interested, the new version is available for download at my
home page
http://members.optusnet.com.au/eseychell/gerb2tiff.html

Adam

I had this sitting in my inbox for ages now, finally I got around to
try it and it is just what I was looking for.

Can we use this tool commercially? To produce documentation for
commercial products is what I mean, not to sell the software itself.

Also a suggestion for future versions: Allow merging of several gerber
files into one tiff, e.g. copper with outline.

This tool exactly fills a void, it was such a bother to export gerber
to images, thanks for making it.

ST

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:24 AM, Adam Seychell<a_seychell@...> wrote:
> Hi, I recently updated gerb2tiff command line tool for converting Gerber
> files to TIFF raster image.
> If anyone is interested, the new version is available for download at my
> home page
> http://members.optusnet.com.au/eseychell/gerb2tiff.html
>
> Adam

Hi Stefan,

It is GPL so you can use it for any purpose. You could even sell it if 
you wished but any changes you make must be made available to others for 
free.

Les

Stefan Trethan wrote:

> I had this sitting in my inbox for ages now, finally I got around to
> try it and it is just what I was looking for.
>
> Can we use this tool commercially? To produce documentation for
> commercial products is what I mean, not to sell the software itself.
>
> Also a suggestion for future versions: Allow merging of several gerber
> files into one tiff, e.g. copper with outline.
>
> This tool exactly fills a void, it was such a bother to export gerber
> to images, thanks for making it.
>
> ST
>

Stefan Trethan wrote:
>
>
> I had this sitting in my inbox for ages now, finally I got around to
> try it and it is just what I was looking for.
>
> Can we use this tool commercially? To produce documentation for
> commercial products is what I mean, not to sell the software itself.
>
> Also a suggestion for future versions: Allow merging of several gerber
> files into one tiff, e.g. copper with outline.
>
> This tool exactly fills a void, it was such a bother to export gerber
> to images, thanks for making it.
>
> ST
>




>
> 


Hi Stefan , its nice to know someone out there has a use for it. Yes, 
its GPL and no restriction to use it commercially, provided the program 
is unmodified.
gerb2tiff initially accepted multiple Gerber files that would render 
each consecutively onto a single overlay. I removed this feature for no 
good reason other than I thought it wasn't needed. You can concatenate 
multiple Gerber files ending in a M02 command and then use the resulting 
Gerber file. But its trivial for me to modify the program to read 
multiple files via the command line.

Let me know of any other features requests or problems including bugs, 
and documentation. Its been tested on a collection of about 70 Gerber 
files from about 12 different CAD packages. I'll notify you on the next 
release, version 1.0.3.

Adam