Re: Can I use a CNC mill to create printed circuit boards?

Check out KellyCam (KCAM) it imports several kinds of PCBoard
type files and then save them as GCODE.

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., squirejc@m... wrote:
> I've seen small dedicated mills and software sold as a bundle that
> create PC boards. The software part takes Gerber files (the
standard
> file type that lists where the copper traces go in printed circuit
> boards) and from that figures out how to mill superficial slots in
> copper-clad fiberglass PC boards. Then a second PC program reads
> that data and controls the small dedicated CNC mill using a
> proprietary program code.
>
> I'd like to mill PC boards using a standard CNC mill. Does anyone
> know of a software package that changes Gerber files into .dxf files
> or (better yet) can directly create the CNC program code?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jim