Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Mechanical etching of PCB with MaxNC

Hi Joseph,

I too have been experimenting with the Eagle 4.03 release, and I have
generated RS-274D Gerber files. I am interested in milling PCB's. I
have been parsing the files, and generating PLC files for Vector
CAD/CAM. I'll probably generate my own "isolation" files from this
data.

I was not able to find outiines.ulp on the cadsoft.de site, can you
supply the full URL to the page? or send me the ULP? I haven't
investigated writing a ULP, so I (as well as others possibly) would be
interested in your findings.

Alan KM6VV


Joseph wrote:

>
> Hello group,
>
> I just ran a test of the Think & Tinker mechanical etching bit on my
> MaxNC. The result looks pretty good.
>
> The write up is at
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO/files/MaxNC-PCB/00pcbetch.html
>
> I've also started experimenting with Cadsoft's (www.cadsoft.de) Eagle
> schematic/PCB program. This free/almost-free program includes a
> script (outlines.ulp) which generates mechanical PCB-etch outlines.
> It's not too hard to generate mechanical-etch NC codes from that
> (although it does take a little bit of work). I hope to have a write
> up of the Eagle process in another week or so.
>
> Cheers,
> Joseph