Re: Gerber files

In article <42bade0350.Brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Brian Howlett <news-spamtrap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Or do any programmers fancy writing a draw to pdf converter. I would
be willing to pay for this! From what I know of gerber it should not
be too difficult.

Recent versions of !ArtWorks can output .pdf and can obviously import
drawfiles.


Sorry: meant to write Draw (or Vector) to _Gerber_ converter.

pdf <> Draw is no problem!

One of the advantages of Vector is that producing drawings for manuals is
easy...
http://www.4qd.co.uk/instrs/contents.html Instruction manuals
has several, in pdf and O-Pro format. Take the Pro-150 manual for
instance. There's a drawing in that which is in essence the pcb artwork
for one side of the PCB.

Producing such a drawing from Easy PC is nowhere near as easy or as
pretty. It's not just about producing PCBs.

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