Hi Steve,
That is a great idea!!!!
Do you know where to get a copy of Viewmate? Would you believe I had a disk copy I got in a magazine or
some where several months ago and never used it so I threw it away just yesterday when I was cleaning up my
desk? I guess the saying is true that as soon as you throw something away is when you need it.
Rob Watson
Sanmina Corp.
Stephen R. Gregory wrote:
> In a message dated 5/13/99 2:48:23 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
> << Hi everyone!
>
> Is anyone aware of a translator that will convert RS 274X (or similar
> format) to PDF? PDF is the format read by Adobe Acrobat Reader.
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Roesler
> TRI-C Design, Inc.>>
>
> Hello Dave,
>
> Just guessing here, but is the reason you want to convert a gerber to a PDF
> file, is to be able to show a gerber image or show something about a gerber
> image to somebody that may not be real skilled with gerber files, or doesn't
> have gerber viewing software? The only reason I'm guessing that is that Adobe
> Acrobat Reader files are normally just used for viewing or printing...can't
> edit on 'em.
>
> But if that's what you want to do, that is be able to convert a gerber image
> to a file that someone else can view without special software, is do what I
> do. I use Lavenir Viewmate and bring a gerber image up, hit the "Print
> Screen" key on my keyboard and that copies whatever the monitor has on it. I
> then open up a graphics editor program, (I use Paint Shop Pro) and do a
> "Edit, Paste as new image" and I have the gerber viewer screen. I then can
> crop out all the toolbar stuff and have just the image of the board gerbers.
> You can then save it as a *.bmp, *.gif, *.jpg whatever you want...and anybody
> can view it.
>
> I do this a lot to create my production documentation, rework instructions,
> etc., etc....
>
> -Steve Gregory-
>
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