Electronics Forum | Fri Sep 14 15:23:41 EDT 2001 | davef
I saw your earlier postings on the topic, but am not familiar with Print Pro-E Drawings. Have you tried the common Gerber viewers? Like: * View Mate (View only) - http://www.lavenir.com * CamCAD (View only) - http://www.camcad.com * GC-Prevue (View
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 10 20:59:02 EDT 2000 | Dave F
Try: View Mate (View only) - http://www.lavenir.com CamCAD (View only) - http://www.camcad.com GC-Prevue (View only) - http://www.graphicode.com PC Gerber II (View & limited data size editing) - http://www.ecam.com/us_home.htm While I've posted "vi
Electronics Forum | Sat Jul 13 08:33:50 EDT 2002 | davef
Not familiar with .dra files. Can the people that sell the software that generated the file help? Try: * View Mate (View only) - http://www.lavenir.com * CamCAD (View only) - http://www.camcad.com * GC-Prevue (View only) - http://www.graphicode.c
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 19 17:52:14 EDT 2007 | naimkapa
there is manual method of doing it you download GC prevue which you will able to open up the gerber once you have imported your gerber you can select a reference point and press Z on your keyboard and then you can go to each of the component and wr
Electronics Forum | Tue Jun 10 12:21:52 EDT 2008 | leemeyer
I have been using Graphicode's GCpowerplace for years and have found it very easy to use. We are a contract manufacturer and I haven't yet run across gerber's that GCpowerplace couldn't read. The centroid extraction is very good and allows you to eas
Electronics Forum | Thu Dec 03 15:31:12 EST 2020 | spoiltforchoice
And for the purpose of completeness you can also use: GC-Prevue Pro Fab3000 GerberGrab VisualPlace The last two are free but the best method of all is to tell whoever made the gerbers to generate the Centroid file too. There is literally no excus
Electronics Forum | Wed Jan 04 09:17:40 EST 2006 | JW
Another software option for you maybe GC-Powerplace by GraphiCode. Before purchasing CircuitCam, we used an older version; GC-Place, with good results. Sorry, I don't know pricing. Our version is very flexible (creating Gerber, Gerber to DXF, output
Electronics Forum | Wed Aug 05 08:16:34 EDT 2015 | emeto
Hi, that's how it works: 1. Zoom to the object you want to start with. 2. Click S to center to the object. Depending on the zoom you can center to pad, line, corner.... 3. Click Z(this zeroes your Relative coordinates). If you click Ctrl+z(this ze
Electronics Forum | Tue Oct 02 22:13:56 EDT 2001 | davef
IPC-D-356 is a data transfer language developed by the IPC to replace Gerber. It is a far more intelligent form of physical definition for PCB/PWB. The only segment of the language that seems to have developed any market support is the physical netl
Electronics Forum | Mon Jul 14 17:18:28 EDT 2003 | davef
good - check low cost - check getting part position info - check getting part rotation info - ooops, dang!!! Hey, 3 otta 4 aint bad, especially when you consider it's FREE!!! 3 Drawing viewers 3a Gerber viewing (viewer) View Mate (View only) -
