Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Gerber to G-code

tonyjeffree wrote:

> --- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:
> > marble_h wrote:
> >
> > > I think A while back there was some mention of Gerber to G-code
> is
> > > there a program that will do the change yet if so can some one
> post
> > > the web address .
> >
> > Gerber IS "G-code", officially RS-274D. It is a very wierd
> dialect, for sure,
> > but it IS, in fact, G-code.
> >
> > Jon
>
> Perhaps what he is looking for is the ability to generate a track
> isolation toolpath from a Gerber file, which is not quite the same. I
> believe that the Eagle PCB layout software is capable of generating
> such a toolpath from a PCB layout - there was a thread on this a
> while back.

Well, this is totally different. It is not really a "conversion" but a complete
change in what information is in the Gerber file to produce something
quite different.

Yes, there are a couple programs that apparently do this.

Jon