X-Authentication-Warning: delorie.com: mail set sender to geda-user-bounces using -f X-Recipient: geda-user AT delorie DOT com X-Original-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=tRZtuxXbGflmldLdvErOtknxijhO6QDy8PIxEe99Vrs=; b=jTtp7C1hadcHhMpZJ/Ww1MS9G38V0vyctyiZK1iwyg/LsZgskaNSB/4aMpbrfmt2th 16WU8a/c8cP75WY/sX2u9SxUY+ATYZXvYdcaa7IPimgcoE0AMsS+9KOeffNd247QNFEw 32JEbaom0Ryx9dg5WcX97vjtDoCqV0MrxcLcMGHKKOgc7VpQ6MVOHfZBb3CTTjrtDS+p bhraIqgMZ60AbckbsDP8q/DlfEJZS60RsYSuJ+rMOn2W52y0zDXX+fgsj8aDgQdQYmM9 u2GTV8e6HoKK1EpcMSCO4eFJ0s1T2QwOlm7j+3rY9NRHVjog8RWERbqLG7ayEVIX0rP1 Py8w== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=tRZtuxXbGflmldLdvErOtknxijhO6QDy8PIxEe99Vrs=; b=xgekdriNab+O632v8Mz+ecko30Kt0YK8ZOBzKtagOedSH1Db5vswRmQOkb9gs6mgwg QIINLeMK0kvSJ17NFJoCiH4PwT7YtjOIELtA5uWNMRzpt6UcJcSVC2e2CjNxdfwjRdw8 GUPakzt7I8gMrL6MxDMKbYKTEj9X1H28QYQLySdGE7mFc9WKvpYEWlgywzbHj2FICDVe 8nxAsEePpEMxpzLX/qGNahuLCii1fz2XTPp9FQqEagSW53waJsO5CdzEVYg/MEGjEkGV 02QJBlZQAWoNihu7ZI2cZTbMl0K8Gm091wE8/zyj1VQuC0ctC4zrbISiyRcwkNBnEP+b 7l4g== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533rynJ+p+BjNlwCriuCjUfnHPPiIKACQqxnwMzh5d9npLZm54dl /DrQXalpuct5/YAG9J7NQjc3sNKz3d9TWS/3fhWPXMv3 X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJw2JMMofXX0x5QMmh//f8rC94uxS6KU2ZsypWTVlBqCEC9z2ibjH/XWU07afceEeDglhtbj8Ili2VarvVfTr7g= X-Received: by 2002:a63:6501:0:b0:39d:a2fc:1522 with SMTP id z1-20020a636501000000b0039da2fc1522mr13856747pgb.91.1650367670059; Tue, 19 Apr 2022 04:27:50 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2664379 DOT IGsEI4RXM2 AT coyote> <2110366 DOT 8YQ9ypFEXE AT coyote> <5aa313e2-e710-d4c2-c28f-280e298a0808 AT epilitimus DOT com> In-Reply-To: <5aa313e2-e710-d4c2-c28f-280e298a0808@epilitimus.com> From: "Chad Parker (parker DOT charles AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 07:27:37 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [geda-user] gcode for carving pcb's on a milling machine? To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000b90f9305dd002ac0" Reply-To: geda-user AT delorie DOT com --000000000000b90f9305dd002ac0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Yes, pcb has a built in gcode exporter. It worked well for the last person that posted about using it. I can probably dig up those emails if you want to ask him about it. On Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 20:46 Glenn (glimrick AT epilitimus DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote: > 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. > > --000000000000b90f9305dd002ac0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Yes, pcb has a built in gcode exporter. It worked well fo= r the last person that posted about using it. I can probably dig up those e= mails if you want to ask him about it.

=
On Mon, Apr 18, 2022, 20:46 Glenn (glimrick AT epilitimus DOT com) [via = geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote:<= br>
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 p= aths and
>> support for multiple tools. For example, you could mill with a coa= rse
>> tool and then a narrow one to get smaller spaces. It use heuristic= s to
>> find a path that minimizes milling time.
>>
>> The GitHub wiki for the project has images demonstrating the vario= us
>> features.
>>
>> Eyal
>>
> Thanks for the reminder, Eyal.=C2=A0 I believe I used that with eagle = at about
> 5.6 or so a decade ago before it was bought and destroyed. It worked w= ell
> then and some of its output is yet helping to run my machines.=C2=A0 T= hank
> 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 wonde= ring 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 se= lling
>>> it. I need to create and make a board for a MAP sensor, a 3 te= rminal
>>> device that needs some onboard noise filtering.
>>>
>>> Cheers, Gene Heskett.
>>> --
>>>
>>> "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: >>>=C2=A0 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order.&= quot;
>>>
>>> -Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
>>> If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law >>> respectable.>
>>>=C2=A0 - Louis D. Brandeis
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett.

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