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Dennis Weaver <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 26 Feb 2013 14:41:09 -0500
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JF, I'm pretty sure you can use the free Altium Viewer to do this. It's
limited to viewing only but if that's all you need then this should do the
trick.

http://www.altium.com/community/downloads/viewer-edition.cfm


On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Chris Knudsen <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi JF,
>
> I have Altium with Camtastic.  I would be willing to help out in any way
> (email files to me if you like, I could email back pdf prints, exports,
> screen shots, etc.).
>
> -Chris
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> On 2/26/2013 1:11 PM, Greg Smith wrote:
>
>> Using GC Preview, or Pentalogic's free tool should give you an accurate
>> image of your Gerbers.
>> I would recommend downloading the files for a viewer only from the
>> creator's web site, not from any 3rd party web sites.
>>
>> I don't remember Camtastic ever having a free version. I used it as part
>> of PCAD. When Altium acquired PCAD they made it part of the Altium Designer
>> tool set. It is not just a viewer, but can edit Gerbers as well. If you can
>> get a hold of an old PCAD CD you could install it but you will need the
>> license numbers to do so (be aware that the old PCAD licenses are still
>> tracked by Altium as to who owns them though their records are not always
>> up to date or accurate. If a customer moves from PCAD to Altium Designer,
>> the PCAD license is used as the Designer license).
>>
>> Greg
>>
>> On 2/26/2013 9:17 AM, Karl Bates wrote:
>>
>>> I use Pentalogix Viewmate,  they have a free viewer and their paid
>>> viewers are not over priced.
>>> https://www.pentalogix.com/**viewmate.php<https://www.pentalogix.com/viewmate.php>
>>>
>>>
>>> Karl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 17:14:52 +0000
>>>> From: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: Re: [DC] Camtastic
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>
>>>> Camtastic was bought by Altium and integrated into its software about
>>>> 10 years ago.  You will not be able to find it separately unless you know
>>>> someone that has an old disk from before then.
>>>>
>>>> My regards,
>>>> Steve Smith
>>>> Project Engineer
>>>> Staco Energy Products Co.
>>>> "Your tailored power solutions provider"
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]**org<[log in to unmask]>]
>>>> On Behalf Of JF
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 11:47 AM
>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>> Subject: [DC] Camtastic
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I'm trying to find CAMtastic gerber viewer. However, each time I
>>>> search, I end up on some very suspicious download pages where I can find
>>>> everything but CAMtastic. Does anyone know a reliable source for the
>>>> software?
>>>>
>>>> I have GC Prevue but the original gerbers come from Altium and
>>>> something is very wrong with some layers and I want to see if it shows the
>>>> same way in another viewer.
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> JF
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