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- > > ################################################################ > 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. > For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 > ################################################################ ################################################################ 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's web site (http://www.ipc.org) "On-Line Services" section for additional information. For technical support contact Hugo Scaramuzza at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.312 ################################################################