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I was looking at the manual and it appears pcb has at least some ability
to produce g-code directly. See section 3.9.1 of the user manual.

gene heskett (gheskett AT shentel DOT net) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> On Sunday, 17 April 2022 17:40:05 EDT you wrote:
>> Consider pcb2gcode? I am the author. It's not graphical but it has a
>> lot of features that other tools don't have, such as voronoi paths and
>> support for multiple tools. For example, you could mill with a coarse
>> tool and then a narrow one to get smaller spaces. It use heuristics to
>> find a path that minimizes milling time.
>>
>> The GitHub wiki for the project has images demonstrating the various
>> features.
>>
>> Eyal
>>
> Thanks for the reminder, Eyal.  I believe I used that with eagle at about 
> 5.6 or so a decade ago before it was bought and destroyed. It worked well 
> then and some of its output is yet helping to run my machines.  Thank 
> you.
>
>> On Sun, Apr 17, 2022, 02:24 gene heskett (gheskett AT shentel DOT net) [via
>>
>> geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:
>>> Hi, I've been lurking here since forever, but am now wondering if the
>>> geda suite of tools can now issue files in gcode to mill away the
>>> copper and create a double sided circuit board, like I could a
>>> decade back with the eagle program before they killed it by selling
>>> it. I need to create and make a board for a MAP sensor, a 3 terminal
>>> device that needs some onboard noise filtering.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
>>> --
>>>
>>> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
>>>  soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
>>>
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>>> respectable.> 
>>>  - Louis D. Brandeis
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett.

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