Re: Re: Hobbyists strike again

I had my son write a program called the optimizer which reads the excellon
drill file then converts it to G code as well as optimizes the tool path.
That part is done and works well.
I have been experimenting with taking a high quailty print out of my artwork
then cscanning it back into my PC then I have tried using Corel 8 Trace
/scan2cad
and creat the outlines of the tracks and the pads. The problem is that the
artwork looks really good but when I try the trace programs the straight
line traces become a bit ragged and the pads are not perfectly round.
I really did not want to buy Z trace for $300 to convert the Gerber files
to Gocode.
So I am still looking for a cheap easy way to mill the outlines of the
traces.
I too have a professional exposure unit and can etch a board really quickly
but you have to deal with all those chemicals. I think that milling them
would be somewhat cheaper.
Dan
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Werby <drewid@...>
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@onelist.com>
Date: Friday, October 29, 1999 11:49 AM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Hobbyists strike again

>From: Andrew Werby <drewid@...>
>
>Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 05:57:48 -0700
> From: "Dan Mauch" <dmauch@...>
>Subject: Re: Hobbiests Strike Again
>
>I looked at his PCB . What impressed me is that he is milling his traces.
>Dan
>
>[Even if he isn't, people keep asking me how they can do this. Is there a
>program out there (or a combination of programs, even) that simplifies this
>process so someone can go from a picture of a pc board to a g-code plot
>file? It would be nice if the hole-drilling were automated as well- am I
>dreaming? Does anybody out there cut pc boards with a mill, or is everybody
>convinced that etching is the way to go?]
>
>Andrew Werby
>
>Andrew Werby
>
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