Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-14 Thread Stefan Petersen
Hi Larry! Larry Doolittle wrote: > It was only intended as quick hack, as I guess you can sense from > the comments. If you can make it do something useful for you, too, > that's great! And of course, post it here so someone else can find > it again in 2011. :-) It has secretly been stashed a

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 14 April 2008, Jesse Gordon wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 13 April 2008, Jesse Gordon wrote: >> :) Yes, but a utility to extract, and make gcode out of the copper >> : pattern >> >> removal, would be a very useful utility. > >I thought about that, but it's far above my math sk

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-14 Thread Jesse Gordon
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 13 April 2008, Jesse Gordon wrote: > > :) Yes, but a utility to extract, and make gcode out of the copper pattern > removal, would be a very useful utility. I thought about that, but it's far above my math skills. -Jesse > Even if we have to edit the outpu

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-14 Thread Larry Doolittle
On Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 06:45:17PM -0400, Ormund Williams wrote: > On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 17:53 -0400, Dan McMahill wrote: > > ok, it was easier to find than I thought. google for 'pads-d2x' and > > you'll find a post to this list from our very own Larry Doolittle. If I had remembered, I would ha

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-14 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 April 2008, Jesse Gordon wrote: >Gene Heskett wrote: >> On Sunday 13 April 2008, Jesse Gordon wrote: >> >> A list lurker, speaking up as I run EMC2 on a tabletop mill here. >> >> This seems like a neat idea Jesse, but can gerbv show 3D? RS-274-D, from >> NIST, as interpreted by late v

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Jesse Gordon
Gene Heskett wrote: > On Sunday 13 April 2008, Jesse Gordon wrote: > > A list lurker, speaking up as I run EMC2 on a tabletop mill here. > > This seems like a neat idea Jesse, but can gerbv show 3D? RS-274-D, from > NIST, as interpreted by late versions of EMC2, can describe 9 different > a

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Ormund Williams
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 17:09 -0700, joe tarantino wrote: > > Some gerber generators and viewers have a means to specify the number > of significant digits past the decimal point in their co-ordinates > (e.g. X.XXX or something like it). Check to see if that is set > correctly. > > Regarding the h

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread joe tarantino
Some gerber generators and viewers have a means to specify the number of significant digits past the decimal point in their co-ordinates (e.g. X.XXX or something like it). Check to see if that is set correctly. Regarding the hpgl reference - is this a means to convert to the HPGL vector format th

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Ormund Williams
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 17:53 -0400, Dan McMahill wrote: > ok, it was easier to find than I thought. google for 'pads-d2x' and > you'll find a post to this list from our very own Larry Doolittle. Note > that as others have mentioned, there doesn't seem to be a standard > aperture list format use

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Dan McMahill
Dan McMahill wrote: > Ormund Williams wrote: >> Hi All >> >> Dose anyone know of a utility to convert RS274D to RS274X? I have a few >> gerber files I want to view but they are in D format with the aperture >> list in a human readable format. I converted one manually a few years >> ago now I wish

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Dan McMahill
Ormund Williams wrote: > Hi All > > Dose anyone know of a utility to convert RS274D to RS274X? I have a few > gerber files I want to view but they are in D format with the aperture > list in a human readable format. I converted one manually a few years > ago now I wish I had taken the time to wr

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread John Griessen
Jesse Gordon wrote: > Ormund, > > If all else fails, and if you can find two documents describing in > simple terms each of the formats, I'd be willing to try making a perl script > to convert for you. But I'm pretty busy, so make sure there's not > already such free solution :-) > There is som

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 April 2008, Gene Heskett wrote: >On Sunday 13 April 2008, Ormund Williams wrote: >>On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 13:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >>> A list lurker, speaking up as I run EMC2 on a tabletop mill here. >>> >>> This seems like a neat idea Jesse, but can gerbv show 3D? RS-274-D, f

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 April 2008, Ormund Williams wrote: >On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 13:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: >> A list lurker, speaking up as I run EMC2 on a tabletop mill here. >> >> This seems like a neat idea Jesse, but can gerbv show 3D? RS-274-D, from >> NIST, as interpreted by late versions of EM

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Ormund Williams
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 13:54 -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > A list lurker, speaking up as I run EMC2 on a tabletop mill here. > > This seems like a neat idea Jesse, but can gerbv show 3D? RS-274-D, from > NIST, as interpreted by late versions of EMC2, can describe 9 different > axis's & gerbv woul

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Ormund Williams
On Sun, 2008-04-13 at 09:02 -0700, Jesse Gordon wrote: > Ormund, > > If all else fails, and if you can find two documents describing in > simple terms each of the formats, I'd be willing to try making a perl script > to convert for you. But I'm pretty busy, so make sure there's not > already su

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Gene Heskett
On Sunday 13 April 2008, Jesse Gordon wrote: >Ormund, > >If all else fails, and if you can find two documents describing in >simple terms each of the formats, I'd be willing to try making a perl script >to convert for you. But I'm pretty busy, so make sure there's not >already such free solution :-

Re: gEDA-user: Converting RS274D to RS274X

2008-04-13 Thread Jesse Gordon
Ormund, If all else fails, and if you can find two documents describing in simple terms each of the formats, I'd be willing to try making a perl script to convert for you. But I'm pretty busy, so make sure there's not already such free solution :-) Also I would need a source RS274D to test wit