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Offline ubbutTopic starter

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Vector graphics to Gerber
« on: February 02, 2020, 11:01:13 am »
    I know there is at least one other - but old -  thread about this topic. However despite quite a bit of research and trying several things I have not been able to find a good workflow.

    I want to convert vector graphics (format does not matter) into gerber files. I tried several tools but none proved to be reliably working so far. I wonder if there is a proven working method?

    I tried:
    • Cenon (which could not even open my SVG files properly)
    • pdf2gerb (but it does not support curves)
    • PCBmodE certainly looks promising, but seems to be overkill for just converting svg to gerber (or is there an option to do just that?)
    • Circuit Studio image import (rasterized and with very low resolution)
    • Circuit Studio DXF import (fails on complex shapes)
    • Converting Artwork into a font and using it with CircuitStudio. This is the best I have so far but also fails on complex shapes or large artworks. (and correct scaling is painful)


    I have not yet tried:

    Update:
    Tried this and it seems to work well! Needs Inkscape + Kicad but can work with complex shapes without issues:

    Looking forward to your recommendations! Thanks!
« Last Edit: February 02, 2020, 01:43:26 pm by ubbut »
 

Offline mk_

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Re: Vector graphics to Gerber
« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2020, 11:14:24 am »
    I know there is at least one other - but old -  thread about this topic. However despite quite a bit of research and trying several things I have not been able to find a good workflow.

    I want to convert vector graphics (format does not matter) into gerber files. I tried several tools but none proved to be reliably working so far. I wonder if there is a proven working method?

    Looking forward to your recommendations! Thanks!

I usually try to convert (export) to DXF, check this DXF with an older version of AutoCad, import that DXF to a Gerberviewer (also very old Camtastic), scale and export it as gerber. Scaling is sometimes difficult, I normaly don`t catch it in the first run.  Needs some time but works for company-logos and other customer-related stuff.
 

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Re: Vector graphics to Gerber
« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2020, 11:46:09 am »
Have a look at: http://lasergrbl.com . It has internal graphics to gerber conversion.
 


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