Dear friends, I really wish to thank you all for the efforts, time spending and the extraordinary good will of all of you. I think I've succeeded, at last partially. I can see now all the layers I need (the Top and Solder mask) - and I wrote "partially" because there is a layer that I cannot see (maybe I'm not supposed to see) - the hole places. I got 8 files: .apr, .GD1, .GG1, .GM1, .GTL, .GTS, .REP and .RUL The only one which I cannot see I Camtastic (I'm getting a black screen) is the .apr file. I really appreciate all you've done for me :) As my local time is now 2:30AM, and I'm near my PC about 12 hours... I think I'll have to "retire" for several hours. If you may have any ideas about the .apr file - I'll be very thankful of course. Sincerely yours, Ridgh
-----Original Message----- From: Brad Velander [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 12:24 AM To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] Need help to convert .pcbdoc to Gerber files Ridgh, Having read all the previous comments, I can't help think that you are just confusing the Camtastic CAM file display. Yes the Camtastic cam file is a composite of all your Gerbers. It displays each Gerber file as one layer and each layer should align directly over it's counterparts. In that way it is a composite view but it is not a composite Gerber file. Each layer is a different Gerber file all read into the Camtastic viewing window to show an overlaying view of all layers. For each layer (Gerber file) you can set different colors. That way you can see the different layers just as you would in the actual PCB design tool. While the files are Camtastic you could regenerate the Gerber again from what is viewed on screen and export them to another directory. That would be kind redundant unless you changed/edited them in Camtastic, because the originals that were read into Camtastic are already in your directories somewhere as others had indicated already. Hope this is what was confusing you, seemed like a possibility from what I had been reading. Sincerely, Brad Velander Senior PCB Designer Northern Airborne Technology -----Original Message----- From: Ridgh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 4:27 PM To: 'Protel EDA Discussion List' Subject: Re: [PEDA] Need help to convert .pcbdoc to Gerber files Thank you Dave, I did exactly what you said, and all I got is the composite .cam file in Camtastic. No drilling, just a nice but useless picture. I'm sure I'm missing something - but have no idea what.... Regards, Ridgh ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
