At 13:25 20/03/98 -0600, Neil Diamond wrote: >Steve, > I would check with your photo-plotting vendor. They may have the >capability to accept Bitmapped. They should be able to give you a list of >file formats their plotter will accept. > Since alot of the new plotters actually raterize the gerber data, they >maybe able to accept other graphic formats. > >Neil D... > >At 02:18 PM 3/20/98 -0500, SteveZeva wrote: >>Happy Friday All!!! (Yay!) >> >> Your post brings up a question I'd like to ask about translation >>software, is there anything out there that I can use to translate a bitmap >>file into Gerber? I don't much about how to use Gerber, I know just enough so >>that I can view them...that's about it. I don't have any PCB design software >>anyway, I got plenty of graphics software though. I don't want to layout >>anything but surface mount pads so that I can have a file to give to a fab >>shop and have some boards built....these boards would just be used for >>equipment demonstrations, or as boards to give away at trade shows that we >>would exhibit at. Any pointers would be most appreciated!! >> >> -Steve >>Gregory- >> >>################################################################ >>TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c >>################################################################ >>To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with >following text in the body: >>To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> >>To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet >>################################################################ >>Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional >information. >>For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or >847-509-9700 ext.311 >>################################################################ >> > >################################################################ >TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c >################################################################ >To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: >To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> >To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet >################################################################ >Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. >For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 >################################################################ > > ################################################################ TechNet E-Mail Forum provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8c ################################################################ To subscribe/unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the body: To subscribe: SUBSCRIBE TechNet <your full name> To unsubscribe: SIGNOFF TechNet ################################################################ Please visit IPC web site (http://jefry.ipc.org/forum.htm) for additional information. For the technical support contact Dmitriy Sklyar at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.311 ################################################################