2002-07-15 20:00:33 +00:00
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Gerber Viewer (gerbv) is a viewer for Gerber files. Gerber files are
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generated from PCB CAD system and sent to PCB manufacturers as basis
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for the manufacturing process. The standard supported by gerbv is
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RS-274X. The basic difference between RS-274D (the old standard) and
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RS-274X is basically the addition of apertures in RS-274X. It might be
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possible to make an RS-274X file out of an RS-274D file and an aperture
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list.
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gerbv also supports drill files. The format supported are known under
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names as NC-drill or Excellon. The format is a bit undefined and different
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EDA-vendors implement it different. But basically you need to have the
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tools definition in the file, then the parser is quite tolerant. The
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different holes are shown as dots in the (scaled) correct size.
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The different layers of the PCB are separated into different files. gerbv
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can load all files at the same time and display them "on top of each
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other". You can independently turn them on and off.
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2013-11-01 20:59:30 +00:00
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WWW: http://gerbv.geda-project.org/
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