Mail Archives: geda-help/2012/03/01/23:57:30
On 2/28/2012 11:47 AM, Stefan Salewski wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 23:08 -0500, rickman wrote:
>> I forgot to mention that I am running Gerbv version 2.6.0 under Windows
>> Vista.
> Of course for Windows you may also try some of the free as beer tools
> listed here:
>
> http://www.mikrocontroller.net/articles/Gerber-Tools
>
> I think gc-preview or ViewMate, at least one of them, are good, but you
> may need to give your contact data for downloading.
>
> Would be interesting if KiCads gerbview can display your files.
>
> I can not remember details of your first posting, but I think you told
> us that your files are open source -- did you gave the developers a link
> to that files?
Thanks for the reply, I was beginning to wonder if this list was
active. I came to Gerbv after using the "free like beer" tools. I
think GC-preview is the one that uses a "free" subscription. If you
don't download it again in six months or something it expires and won't
work. I have had so many problems with licensed tools expiring at
inopportune times. So I don't use GC-preview. I tried ViewMate, but
the free version is crippled in that you can't save a project so you
have to reload all the durn Gerber files every time and I get tired of
dealing with that nonsense.
So I am using Gerbv which lets me import my Gerber files save the result
and any time I want I can reload the Gerber files to view my updates. A
very useful tool.
So is there any chance of getting some feedback on my issue with the
tool? Is this the right place to ask? I used to post on geda-user but
that list seems to have been deprecated in favor of this one for support
and the developers have their own list now.
Rick
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