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Electronics Forum / CAD / May 2008Gerber viewer/handler
Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly appreciated. The more the merrier (don't ask why) but I really need a good long list. Thanks >Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler >greatly appreciated. http://www.google.com/search?q=Viewmate+gerbv+GC-Prevue&num=100 http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/browse_frm/thread/da8b8db74d1 dab88/dcbfaedb1a9a5853?q=pick-*-right-combination+gcprevue-*-8+gerbv+But-not+zzz +easier.to.use+patterns+mix-colors+Viewmate+*-*-*-view-*-the-layers-in-different -styles > Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly > appreciated. > The more the merrier (don't ask why) but I really need a good long > list. > > Thanks What's a "handler"? I've honestly never heard this term in relationship to a program before... Is Notepad a text handler? >> Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly >> appreciated. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > What's a "handler"? I've honestly never heard this term in > relationship to a program before... Is Notepad a text handler? No, a text wrestler ;-) Anyway, personally I like GC-PreView but it has the same shortcoming as most (all?) Gerber viewers. It does not offer see-through planes so on RF boards you have to constantly hide/unhide layers. Does anyone know a Gerber viewer that offers transparent or at least grid-style color settings? A long time ago I had bought a DOS-based viewer from France but I can't find the disk anymore. It had transparent coloring but the menu was all en francaise. Didn't bother me much but it drove visitors crazy.  SignatureRegards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ > Anyway, personally I like GC-PreView but it has the same shortcoming > as most (all?) Gerber viewers. It does not offer see-through planes > so on RF boards you have to constantly hide/unhide layers. Does > anyone know a Gerber viewer that offers transparent or at least > grid-style color settings? The latest (v2.0+) gerbv does translucent layers, if you set the rendering to normal or high quality. It also has an XOR mode. http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/ >>> Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly >>> appreciated. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >RF boards you have to constantly hide/unhide layers. Does anyone know a >Gerber viewer that offers transparent or at least grid-style color settings? [Snipped] Viewmate can do transparent as well as grif-style colour layers. Regards Anton Erasmus >>>> Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly >>>> appreciated. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Viewmate can do transparent as well as grif-style colour layers. From Pentalogix? Thanks, Anton. Will download now, they just sent me the password. SignatureRegards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ > From Pentalogix? Thanks, Anton. Will download now, they just sent me the > password. www.bugmenot.com is good for finding such passwords if you don't want to go through the whole registration procedure. >> From Pentalogix? Thanks, Anton. Will download now, they just sent me the >> password. > > www.bugmenot.com is good for finding such passwords if you don't want to go > through the whole registration procedure. I don't mind giving my address to a reputable company. After all, it is nice of them to provide the community with a free viewer. I have tried Viewmate before and it didn't work well for my stuff but will try the new version. SignatureRegards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. >>> From Pentalogix? Thanks, Anton. Will download now, they just sent me >>> the password. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Viewmate before and it didn't work well for my stuff but will try the > new version. Actually, their older version works great for me - BUT - the newer version cannot work for the lack of some kind of missing module that the installer complains about. >>>> From Pentalogix? Thanks, Anton. Will download now, they just sent me >>>> the password. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > version cannot work for the lack of some kind of missing module that the > installer complains about. You mean Viewmate? I just tried the latest and it works. The one thing it doesn't seem to do but GC-PreView does is copy the layout window without the menus to the clipboard. That way you can import it into MS-Paint, spritz some graffiti on areas to be improved and email it off. SignatureRegards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. You can also try this free online gerber viewer: www.gerber-viewer.co - Message posted using http://www.talkaboutelectronicequipment.com/group/sci.electronics.cad More information at http://www.talkaboutelectronicequipment.com/faq.htm >>>> Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly >>>> appreciated. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Viewmate can do transparent as well as grif-style colour layers. Hey thanks! Viewmate does do some colors in transparent. Not all but some. This will be much easier on the wrist. Zoom is not as good as in GC-Preview so there will be times when one viewer is better and times where the other is better. SignatureRegards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. >>>>> Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly >>>>> appreciated. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >GC-Preview so there will be times when one viewer is better and times >where the other is better. If your mouse has a scroll wheel, the CTRL - scroll for zoom SignatureBoris Mohar >>>>>> Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly >>>>>> appreciated. [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > If your mouse has a scroll wheel, the CTRL - scroll for zoom Aha! Thanks. I guess those are the tricks one has to find out by chance. SignatureRegards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. On Apr 9, 7:46 pm, Joerg <notthisjoerg...@removethispacbell.net> wrote: > >> a7yvm109gf...@netzero.com wrote: > >>>> Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > -- > Regards, Joerg If you don't like Viewmate, try GCpreview. It does transparent colors and has the ever so nice zoom by scroll wheel. I use FreePCB for layout and the author took the scroll wheel one step further. Once you have moved the mouse, the first click of the scroll wheel does not zoom, but just pans to put the cursor at center. So you can more easily move as well as zoom using just the mouse and wheel. The issue you see with just "some colors" working in transparency is because of the way they implement it. They are just "adding" the values of the three primary colors (or maybe taking a max). So if the result is not different from one of the two colors being "mixed" it will look like it is opaque. All you need to do is to change the colors. It is hard to make a lot of planes different enough to be useful, but you can easily get some 6 or 8 planes to contrast two at a time. I think this is due to the ancient roots of layout software. In DOS days the graphics hardware was much more limited. Today the way to do this is to implement true "transparency" with a more complex mixing algorithm making one layer transparent with the other showing through. If you check out a photo/art program you can see the difference this makes. I don't know how practical this is. Two layers is one thing, but displaying a dozen layers transparently may be a real chore. > On Apr 9, 7:46 pm, Joerg <notthisjoerg...@removethispacbell.net> > wrote: [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >> -- >> Regards, Joerg Sorry, couldn't read your post in s.e.d. because I had to block the whole gmail domain. Google lets spammers have free reign and they don't seem to do anything about it. But I still had it open in the s.e.cad group. Google used to be a good company, but ... > If you don't like Viewmate, try GCpreview. It does transparent colors > and has the ever so nice zoom by scroll wheel. I use FreePCB for > layout and the author took the scroll wheel one step further. Once > you have moved the mouse, the first click of the scroll wheel does not > zoom, but just pans to put the cursor at center. So you can more > easily move as well as zoom using just the mouse and wheel. Hmm, got to give it another shot. I really like GC-PreView but could not make it transparent. > The issue you see with just "some colors" working in transparency is > because of the way they implement it. They are just "adding" the [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > useful, but you can easily get some 6 or 8 planes to contrast two at a > time. What they did in the DOS days was turn a layer into mesh, like a screen door. That let you see the layers below. > I think this is due to the ancient roots of layout software. In DOS > days the graphics hardware was much more limited. Today the way to do [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > layers is one thing, but displaying a dozen layers transparently may > be a real chore. But in the DOS days stuff like this just plain worked ;-) SignatureRegards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ "gmail" domain blocked because of excessive spam. Use another domain or send PM. > Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly > appreciated. > The more the merrier (don't ask why) but I really need a good long > list. > > Thanks CAM 350 , Good package. For the free stuff I use the popular one GC-Preview. Cheers >>Any recommendations >> >CAM 350 , Good package. http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.cad/msg/93cd687a1bc0b5b5?q=CAM350 +*-*-toggles-transparency-mode+*-*-see-through-to-*-*-one-layer-down+zz-zz+qq+se mi-transparent.layer.representation+*.*.*.*.*.*.hide/unhide.*+license.to.try.*+s ans-editing-*+*.stripped.down.*.version news:YdKZh.3343$HX7.2986@newssvr19.news.prodigy.net >For the free stuff I use the popular one GC-Preview. Stuart recently noted a new release of Gerbv. http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_frm/thread/bc57797e 0d8fd1fd/481acc0f8dbd8e56?q=*-*-*-XYRS-*-*-files+gEDA+Gerber.file+only+*-*-new-* -*-*-*-libraries+export+open.source+*-*-*-*-PNG+layer.control+*-*-also-*-Excello n-*-files+Complete-implementation-of-*-Gerber-*+an.end-to-end.tool.chain.*.*.*+v iewer+qq-qq+uu+Linux news:13okbccerg4b999@corp.supernews.com and Ken Smith mentioned a minor gotcha. http://groups.google.com/group/sci.electronics.design/browse_frm/thread/bc57797e 0d8fd1fd/e58462dfd07d58f6?q=*-*-*-XYRS-*-*-files+gEDA+Gerber.file+only+*-*-new-* -*-*-*-libraries+export+open.source+*-*-*-*-PNG+layer.control+*-*-also-*-Excello n-*-files+Complete-implementation-of-*-Gerber-*+an.end-to-end.tool.chain.*.*.*+v iewer+qq-qq+uu+Linux news:426564bf-051f-4994-99dd-a6d7bbaf474a@i7g2000prf.googlegroups.com A bit later, Stuart announced a Windows port (installer). news:13sqgg87dmtteef@corp.supernews.com >Any recommendations for a Gerber viewer and/or handler greatly >appreciated. >The more the merrier (don't ask why) but I really need a good long >list. > >Thanks http://www.pentalogix.com/Download/download.html SignatureBoris Mohar Yo can also try this free online gerber viewer: www.gerber-viewer.co - Message posted using http://www.talkaboutelectronicequipment.com/group/sci.electronics.cad More information at http://www.talkaboutelectronicequipment.com/faq.htm |
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