Hello,
some time ago I posted some code to add an export gui that produces
directly a cnc G-CODE file.
Maybe you want to try that also.
Best regards,
Alberto
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Bert Timmerman wrote:
Hi Dave N6NZ, d...@umich.edu,
FWIW, There lives a dxf exporter for pcb in a not yet finished state at:
http://github.com/bert/pcb-dxf-hid
Maybe something to look at for you guys.
I have ample time for further development on this exporter in the
foreseeable future, so yo
On Jan 26, 2010, at 11:25 PM, Bert Timmerman wrote:
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> FWIW, There lives a dxf exporter for pcb in a not yet finished state at:
>
> http://github.com/bert/pcb-dxf-hid
Thanks, I wasn't aware of that.
-dave
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Dave N6NZ wrote:
On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:08 PM, d...@umich.edu wrote:
If you convert the backmask or the frontmask files either with the 'gEDA/pcb to
dxf' route or the 'Gerber to dxf', you can very quickly have your solder paste
mask.
Almost. There *is* a paste layer, although it isn't very
On Jan 24, 2010, at 3:40 PM, d...@umich.edu wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> I have been following the RepRap project with interest. A 3D printer that
> anyone can make is a very cool scratch to itch. I am fascinated by the
> artwork of the sculpter, Bathsheba Grossman. She really shows what is
> possi
Dave N6NZ wrote:
On Jan 24, 2010, at 4:43 AM, Bob Paddock wrote:
CO2 laser is the wrong wavelength to cut metal. Only a couple percent of the
radiation is absorbed. Great for plastics, though, and many other materials. With
respect to >PCB etching, one thing I've thought about but haven't y
On Jan 24, 2010, at 11:04 AM, Bob Paddock wrote:
For a different application I've been looking for 100% Black Paint
for years,
any one make it yet?
It's what they (whoever they are) point the cores of galaxies with ;-)
John Doty Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
http://www.noqsi.com/
j...
On Jan 24, 2010, at 8:39 AM, Dave N6NZ wrote:
Now that will depend on your photochemistry. CO2 laser is not in
the visible spectrum. You'd have to check the sensitivity of the
photo emulsion w.r.t. wavelength. Most litho films are not
sensitive even to red, but do go up into ultra-violet
On Jan 24, 2010, at 9:15 AM, John Doty wrote:
>
>
> CO2 is way out in the IR. I guess the way to use it is to vaporize the
> resist. Note that black in the visible may not be black at the IR wavelength
> in question, and vice-versa
Good point... I should have remembered that because I was pa
>. Note that black in the visible may not be black at the IR wavelength
> in question, and vice-versa.
For a different application I've been looking for 100% Black Paint for years,
any one make it yet?
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On Jan 24, 2010, at 9:39 AM, Dave N6NZ wrote:
On Jan 24, 2010, at 4:43 AM, Bob Paddock wrote:
CO2 laser is the wrong wavelength to cut metal. Only a couple
percent of the radiation is absorbed. Great for plastics, though,
and many other materials. With respect to >PCB etching, one
thi
On Jan 24, 2010, at 4:43 AM, Bob Paddock wrote:
>> CO2 laser is the wrong wavelength to cut metal. Only a couple percent of
>> the radiation is absorbed. Great for plastics, though, and many other
>> materials. With respect to >PCB etching, one thing I've thought about but
>> haven't yet tri
>CO2 laser is the wrong wavelength to cut metal. Only a couple percent of the
>radiation is absorbed. Great for plastics, though, and many other materials.
>With respect to >PCB etching, one thing I've thought about but haven't yet
>tried is simply using paint. Apply a thin code of flat black
On Jan 23, 2010, at 3:51 PM, Windell H. Oskay wrote:
> We have an Epilog. Low-power lasers of this type cannot cut (or even etch)
> copper foil, nor can they cut FR4.
>
> You can potentially use it to blast away an etch-resist layer, however; I've
> seen several examples of this.
> Here is on
On Jan 23, 2010, at 12:10 PM, Bob Paddock wrote:
>> Management saw
> this: http://www.epiloglaser.com/ at CES and is thinking of spending
> money (a rare event)
> on one of them. There actually is a lot of industrial related stuff
> at the consumer show.
I've used modern Epilog machines, and
On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 03:51:50PM -0800, Windell H. Oskay wrote:
> We have an Epilog. Low-power lasers of this type cannot cut (or even
> etch) copper foil, nor can they cut FR4.
Even the new one Techshop Portland just got (cuts 1.25" acrylic in one
pass) can't make PCBs directly. But it did
We have an Epilog. Low-power lasers of this type cannot cut (or even
etch) copper foil, nor can they cut FR4.
You can potentially use it to blast away an etch-resist layer,
however; I've seen several examples of this.
Here is one: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=41222
-Winde
> Seriously its 2010, even hardcore open-source hippies should be able
> to afford a decent board house, there are practically no uses for
> single-sided-non-pth-boards and the number of any kind of important
> components made in through-hole form factor is decreasing by the
> month.
Sometimes you
I added this post at:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?t=97677
I have tweaked the process a little to get a better result in Inkscape.
Rob, at the Inkscape forum offered some help:
http://www.inkscapeforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4279
He, thinks that the 'Stroke to Path' problem
Dave N6NZ wrote:
The postscript file is a kludgy intermediate step that needs to be eradicated
in the 'clean' solution.
-dave n6nz
That makes sense.
I do agree that having a conversion to dxf in gerbv is a good idea. I
think it would attract a lot of people to gEDA who are using Eagle a
Dave and Peter,
How about this?
d...@umich.edu wrote:
If you are interested in writing some code to add a dxf conversion
button to pcb and gerbv, maybe trying these two methods on a few of your
own pcb images will give you some ideas. I think creating a backend
program that both pcb and ge
On Jan 21, 2010, at 1:08 PM, d...@umich.edu wrote:
> An alternate place in the software tool chain to put a 'DXF' button could be
> in gEDA's gerber viewer program - gerbv. Under gerbv's 'File' menu, there is
> an 'Export' command, which gives you the choices to save the file as a PNG,
> PDF,
For those of you doubting that quality two sided pcb's can be milled on
a home shop machine, check out these links:
Pics:
http://millpcbs.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=67
http://millpcbs.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=68
http://millpcbs.c
On Jan 21, 2010, at 12:28 PM, Peter Clifton wrote:
>> I believe gerbv is the right place for dxf export, since that creates
>> a tool that works with any gerber file from any tool. The overall
>> tool flow is more logical that way.
>
> Keep it modular enough, and it could live in PCB as well..
Here are some additional posts I added to:
http://www.cnczone.com/forums/showthread.php?p=722034#post722034
**Post 1**
An alternate place in the software tool chain to put a 'DXF' button
could be in gEDA's gerber viewer program - gerbv. Under gerbv's 'File'
menu, there is an 'Export' command
On Thu, 2010-01-21 at 11:47 -0800, Dave N6NZ wrote:
> Upon reflection, it still seems to me that the correct place in the tool flow
> for gerber->dxf is in gerbv, not pcb. I've never looked at the new internals
> of gerbv since it has been rewritten and library-ified. So... am I deluded,
> or
On Jan 20, 2010, at 11:52 PM, Ben Jackson wrote:
>
>>> The polygon code is fully generic. It can do what you describe (in fact,
>>> it does, it just probably doesn't output in the format you want).
>>
>> Hmmm well, point me at the code, and I'll have a look at seeing
>> what it would take t
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 10:55:51PM -0800, Dave N6NZ wrote:
>
> No, I was concerned about the shape of the pad w.r.t. correct solder reflow.
I guess I was assuming that if you were milling a PCB you were prototyping
and thus hand assembling. Of course you could still mill individual
outlines if y
On Jan 20, 2010, at 10:14 PM, Ben Jackson wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 09:20:34PM -0800, Dave N6NZ wrote:
>> On Jan 20, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Ben Jackson wrote:
>>>
>>> I have been thinking about how to do improved isolation routing.
>>
>> How do you differentiate between pads that must be a ce
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 09:20:34PM -0800, Dave N6NZ wrote:
> On Jan 20, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Ben Jackson wrote:
> >
> > I have been thinking about how to do improved isolation routing.
>
> How do you differentiate between pads that must be a certain shape, like for
> an SMT capacitor, and islands t
On Jan 20, 2010, at 1:01 PM, Ben Jackson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:56:25PM -0500, d...@umich.edu wrote:
>>
>> I just created a thread on cnczone.com, which I want to bring to your
>> attention. I titled it, "Schematic Capture to dxf File - using gEDA,
>> Inkscape, and pstoedit":
>
>
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:56:25PM -0500, d...@umich.edu wrote:
>
> I just created a thread on cnczone.com, which I want to bring to your
> attention. I titled it, "Schematic Capture to dxf File - using gEDA,
> Inkscape, and pstoedit":
I have been thinking about how to do improved isolation rou
timecop wrote:
I couldn't help but chuckle at your explanation of unconnected ground
pours after you said you were milling your boards presumable on a
hand-made-out-of-plywood-cnc. kinda like trying to kill a fly with a
jackhammer.
Your mastery of the english language is truly daunting. ;-)
On Jan 20, 2010, at 1:59 AM, timecop wrote:
Seriously its 2010, even hardcore open-source hippies should be able
to afford a decent board house, there are practically no uses for
single-sided-non-pth-boards and the number of any kind of important
components made in through-hole form factor is d
I couldn't help but chuckle at your explanation of unconnected ground
pours after you said you were milling your boards presumable on a
hand-made-out-of-plywood-cnc. kinda like trying to kill a fly with a
jackhammer.
Seriously its 2010, even hardcore open-source hippies should be able
to afford a
Hmmm... interesting. I gave your post a quick skim, and will have to go back
to read it in detail when I have more time.
A while back I created a flow to convert the paste layer to laser cutter code
for the creation of solder paste stencils. My path was:
1. print .ps from pcb
2. pstoedit to cr
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