Good point about the aperature data-it should appear as a list very similar to a tool list. When I do a PC board the aperature file is a separate file, and without it you will not see anything. Did the viewer generate an error about a missing aperature file?
Javid ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Wille Padnos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Enhanced Machine Controller (EMC)" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2007 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [Emc-users] gerber files to g-code? > Gene Heskett wrote: > >>Greetings; >> >>I friend has sent me an archive of .gbr files to see what I think of the >>project. Unforch, gerbview is only showing me a black, blank screen even >>if >>I surround the filenames, which have winders spaces in them, with either >>single or dbl-quotes. >> >>The format of the files looks legit to me, so what sort of a viewer do I >>need >>to be able to both see these, and convert them to g-code? >> >>Here is the head from one of them. >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] ROM Pak Board]# head -n 30 ROMPAK_Bottom.gbr >>%FSTAX23Y23*% >> >> > All the gerber files I've seen have FSLA in them, not FSTA. The T means > "Trailing" and the L means "Leading". I have no idea what they're > trailing or leading around though :) (the X23Y23 means X and Y > coordinates are in 2.3 digit format) > > I didn't see aperture information, which could be a problem. I'm not > sure I'd recognize it if I did see it though. > > If the files aren't huge, you can email me one, and I can see if it > loads in Altium. > > - Steve > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
