Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Gerber to G Code Conversion?

ab2pn wrote:

>I'm looking for a Program that will Convert Gerber to G Code.
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>I am presently using EMC to controlling my milling/routing.
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>Any suggestions, or experiences?
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>

We go through this every 6 montsh or so, and I start a BIG row by saying
that Gerber files *are* G-code, alias RS-274D. Do you want to take a Gerber
file for a PC board and mill the PC board pattern? That is a different
situation,
as you are taking a program that draws the metal to be preserved, and you
wqnt to get a program that cuts away (isolates) that metal with minimum
effort.

But, technically, Gerber files ARE a very odd and antiquated form of
RS-274D,
with suppressed decimal point, some really odd use of D01 through D03,
and a few
other oddities.

There are a few programs available for little or no cost that will do
the PCB
isolation conversion. Here's a link to one :
http://www.ktmarketing.com/DeskCNC/

Jon