Test #2 - Simple gerber file 1: gerber_test2.zip Note: May be for some reasons the gerber is interpretate as drill file !?
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PhCNC Demo (Accurate CNC) : Excellent Results!ĬircuitCAM PRO (lpkf) : Excellent Results! The used macro apertures are without parameters (the most simple case!) Test #1 - Gerber file with macro apertures: gerber_test1.zip PhCNC successfully manages all Extended Gerber files, generated with any CAD system following the RS274-X specifications.
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Actually, only the latest CAD / CAM systems use some of the new functionalities, but this doesn’t mean that your prototyping software shouldn't have them right. Gerber standard RS274-X is de facto industrial standard with a big variety of possibilities. All of the used software is available for download from the sites of the relative companies (demo or trial versions).Īpplied are also links for download of the software and the Gerber files themselves. The results are visualized through a series of screens and shown as a summary in the table below. We include all the necessary information in order to allow anyone interested to be able to prove it for themselves.Īiming to show the level of our software PhCNC in the processing of Gerber files, we produced a number of tests and compared it with CircuitCAM/CircuitPRO (LPKF), IsoPro (T-TECH), Design Pro (MITS) and others. Our tests may look like a simple commercial for our product but they are real and true. The problem comes with the relatively new usage of "macros", ready made shapes with a very short description designed for repeated use (like a rubber stamp) and especially “macros” with parameters that include size, rotation, modifications etc. Lately many of the design platforms have adopted the new features of extended Gerber and include them in the output (so called post process files). It is #1 "must have" for any PCB prototyping software to be able to properly interpret RS274-X files.
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We are talking about RS274-X format or so called Extended Gerber. In the last two decades of PCB design and manufacturing the tool that carried the board information around the world has evolved.
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