Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Mechanical etching of PCB with MaxNC

Hi Jon,

That's about what I've been thinking. I got my basic parsing and "node"
list built up, using 'D' files, with a hard-coded aperture table. Next
is to add new parsing for a header. Looks like Eagle 4.03 will actually
generate both, so I have a good way to compare.

And with the outlines.ulp, I may not have/want to do any more. BUT. I
am having fun getting the L-R recursive decent code working, and
outputting PLC files for Vector CAD/CAM. After that, if I put in
"isolation" trace generation, I should be able to generate either PLC's
or Gcode files myself.

Alan KM6VV


Jon Elson wrote:

>
> Larry Edington wrote:
>
> > It's gotta be an X. ( RS-274X with embedded aperatures ).
>
> You can generally convert RS-274D files to 274X quite easily.
> The most basic change is just that the apertures are specified in a
> specific way in 274X at the beginning of the file. 274X has a lot
> of more sophisticated features that allow you to erase part of
> what you've drawn, do area fills and a bunch of more sophisticated
> stuff. But, if you just need to make a basic 274X file from a 274D,
> it is not too hard. Get a couple files and look at them, and see how
> the apertures are defined at the beginning.
>
> Jon