X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-CMAE-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=KrGIZUaN c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=625e03ae a=+cj0cO56Fp8x7EdhTra87A==:117 a=dB9RanF1iRHd0pliaaBcDw==:17 a=9+rZDBEiDlHhcck0kWbJtElFXBc=:19 a=gQX1269ULFhLm4Thdby34LUHVW0=:19 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=z0gMJWrwH1QA:10 a=vH_4D1A2AAAA:8 a=Mj1Xp5F7AAAA:8 a=ZhB5LKobt6YxiVwDrUEA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=gFE-7FYHWvNzGF8b5qNZ:22 a=OUuVTtxqOtuBCUbzKsTN:22 a=OCttjWrK5_uSHO_3Hkg-:22 X-SECURESERVER-ACCT: glimrick AT epilitimus DOT com Subject: Re: [geda-user] gcode for carving pcb's on a milling machine? To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com References: <2664379 DOT IGsEI4RXM2 AT coyote> <2110366 DOT 8YQ9ypFEXE AT coyote> From: "Glenn (glimrick AT epilitimus DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" Message-ID: <5aa313e2-e710-d4c2-c28f-280e298a0808@epilitimus.com> Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 16:34:03 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <2110366.8YQ9ypFEXE@coyote> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - a2plcpnl0121.prod.iad2.secureserver.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - delorie.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - epilitimus.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: a2plcpnl0121.prod.iad2.secureserver.net: authenticated_id: glimrick AT epilitimus DOT com X-Authenticated-Sender: a2plcpnl0121.prod.iad2.secureserver.net: glimrick AT epilitimus DOT com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-CMAE-Envelope: MS4xfKtgbZX+TWGcD8FRfQIXW1nsUg9Nw50iKAEEd6owhj3pX+QGQ+hiOz7P0+FhHRswFfbK4XDxn4oW2dxRNWYLdaTqLaPw+QCJADD9TMAsZK5NJ+qLAoX0 yRvywlxXzW0UmiNshXwcDHY70razsgTnzhD7jHpBgwrAwl6dLpxjFkMXp2/8JQupUlpHX7CAlZe2Hag8TOnEvPaxsInr+KzZ0bp5tRNSxd88KJVqFfXu+SHz Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Errors-To: nobody AT delorie DOT com X-Mailing-List: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Unsubscribes-To: listserv AT delorie DOT com Precedence: bulk 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] 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." >>> >>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940) >>> If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law >>> respectable.> >>> - Louis D. Brandeis > > Cheers, Gene Heskett.