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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gerbv-2.6.0 unable to read gerbers made from PADS
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On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Spacefalcon the Outlaw
<falcon AT ivan DOT harhan DOT org> wrote:
> Laszlo Valko <valko AT linux DOT karinthy DOT hu> wrote:
>
>> I opened the Gerbers with 2.6.1, and I do see the layout.
>> However, I had to zoom out / pan quite a lot to see anything. Originally
>> I get positioned at the origin, whereas the contents of the Gerbers are
>> start at about 60-70cm (~25 inches) up.
>> Try zooming out to see if your version actually loads the files correctly.
>
> Yes, that did the trick!  So my gerbv-2.6.0 does read the files
> correctly, but both my version and yours suffer from the same UI
> defect in that the initial zoom is not set to encompass the actual
> range where the gerber file dropped its objects.

Fixed in git 0bc87c57165daea9cd37248b50686a5f4ca329f5

> Short of asking this mailing list for help, there was no real way for
> me to divine that the secret to transforming the completely blank
> screen into a view of the loaded gerber was to keep pressing zoom-out
> repeatedly until something appeared...
>
> But anyways, thanks a lot for the help!
>
> SF