On Mon, 20 May 2019 17:58 Derek Stewart (derek AT q40 DOT de) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com], <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

Hi Erich,

PCB Elegance uses Viewplot 2.0, which did load the RS-274D Gerber
correctly, but I need to pay 600 Euros for a Licence key to save the
Gerber files in RS-274X format.

I will try your utilities, I was hoping Gerbv could lod in the older
Gerber file format.

Regards,

Derek

On 19/05/2019 18:30, Erich Heinzle (a1039181 AT gmail DOT com) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
> The now open source tool "pcb elegance" gerber load code app= ears to cope
> with gerber aperture files. You may be able to load up the old gerbers=
> and aperture files and then attempt export of rs-274x gerbers from pcb=
> elegance.
>
> Once you have rs-274x gerbers, they xan be turned intoa footprint with=
> translate2geda or translate2coralEDA for loading into gEDA pcb or into=
> pcb-rnd.
>
> I managed to get pcb elegance running under wine on lubuntu. Their > gerber viewing tool seems to cope better with loading polygonal flashe= d
> apertures than the pcb tool, but this should not be an issue for a 199= 0s
> rs-274d board iiuc.
>
> Failing that, i could try to add the ability to load an aperture file = in
> conjunction with a gerber file in my utilities translate2geda and
> translate2coralEDA (available on github).
>
> translate2coralEDA exports proper padstacks for pcb-rnd with polygonal=
> pad definitions, allowing round rect, obround, square, rect, circular,=
> etc pads, which may not be an issue for a 1990s board, but, you may be=
> able to take advantage of the padstack prototypes in pcb-rnd to add > drills to all padstacks of the same geometry, for example, in one fell=
> swoop, since a gerber layer will not include drill information.
>
> Good luck!
>
> Erich
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, 19 May 2019 18:18 Derek Stewart (derek AT q40 DOT de
> <mailto:derek AT q40 DOT de>) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com
> <mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com>], <geda-user AT delorie= .com
> <mailto:geda-user AT delorie DOT com>> wrote:
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Hi,
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I have an old computer project designed in the late= 1990s, for a 68060
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0single board computer, I used to produce, from Gerb= er files in RS-274D.
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0But not many PCB manufacturers use the RS-274D form= at.
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0The Gerber files were produced in PCAD for DOS, whi= ch I have never
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0found
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0an implementation of PCAD, Protel, Tango PCB or Alt= ium Designer to read
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0the binary PCB files.
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I would like to make some more PCBs, but I only hav= e the RS-274D Gerber
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0files, what is hte best way to convert them to RS-2= 74X or more modern
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0standard.
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0--
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Regards,
>
>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0Derek
>