There is no way to make dumb data into intelligent data.
Converting Gerber to ODB+ will get you nowhere.

Having a CAD system output ODB+ INSTEAD of Gerber
is what will get you the advantages

Jack

>
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>Date:    Thu, 5 Sep 2002 18:25:16 -0500
>From:    Earl Moon <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: XY data
>
>Gerber is xy data - pure and simple. It needs no conversion to be what it
is
>- dumb data representing as many points on a plane as you can imagine or
>contrive.
>
>If you wish to convert Gerber data to some other format it would be ODB++
>that is intelligent data and many CAM suppliers offer this conversion.
>CAM350 and Valor, among others, offer the ability to convert dumb data to
>that which is "intelligent."
>
>MoonMan

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