Matthias,

It looks like the medium of choice is HPGL.  Ultimately, I'm trying to
use a commercial scanner to scan PCB films.  My scanner outputs data in
graphic formats but not HPGL.  In order to use a commercial scanner, I'm
going to have to output in jpeg, convert to HPGL, and then input the HPGL
into a CAM system which accepts HPGL.

Thank you for your input.

Steve.


On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 18:32:13 +0200 Matthias Mansfeld
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>On 21 Jul 99 at 17:31, Steve Underwood wrote:
>
>> Hello Technetters,
>>
>> Does anyone know of a JPG, TIF, or BMP to Gerber conversion?
>
>Perhaps you can check whether Corel Draw, Micrografx Designer or some
>other vector graphic software can import a pixel graphic like JPG,
>BMP and convert it to vectors and polygones (my old Corel Draw 3.0
>could do it, but mostly ugly results - did never try it with a "real
>life" project). Then just export/print to file in HPGL. The next step
>(HPGL to Gerber) should be easy for any CAM software.
>
>HTH
>Regards
>Matthias
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