On Mar 9, 2010, at 3:33 PM, Peter Clifton wrote: > On Tue, 2010-03-09 at 18:27 -0500, Dan McMahill wrote: >> pstoedit converts postscript to various formats. So I suppose you could >> try pcb export to postscript and then pstoedit to produce dxf. That >> said, there are always issues with file conversions and I suspect you're >> much better off letting pcb directly produce dxf. But it may just work. > > NB: The code being talked about is DXF -> PCB outline... not PCB->DXF. > > It seems that we now have _three_ people who have independently written > such a tool. I guess this suggests people are wishing to design boards > which fit in a given mechanical envelope, as exported from a mech.-cad > package.
Which is an interesting thought. For my part, if I could get the board outline and the location of mounting holes to/from a .dxf file, it would cover everything that I need for chassis fit. My designs are so small that doing it manually isn't a hassle for me, but of course that doesn't scale in the real world. What I really want, though, is a way to get the stencil layer pad outlines as .dxf entities. I took a look at the code, and it appears that the stencil layer isn't a "real" layer -- is that true? Is it simply generated on the fly off the pad information during gerber export? -dave _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user