Peter, Thanks, but we already have Orbotech and Valor. I'm fairly confident that we will not be switching CAM systems in the near future. Do you have a conversion application available? Steve. On Sun, 25 Jul 1999 19:54:54 +0100 Peter Darvas <[log in to unmask]> writes: >Our Planmaster CAM software can take TIF files as input and perform >the >usual CAM functions and output in a variety of formats including >Gerber. > >Do you have a sample file ? > >Peter Darvas >Tibor Darvas > >-----Original Message----- >From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Matthias Mansfeld >Sent: Sunday, July 25, 1999 5:32 PM >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: [TN] graphic converter > > >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 >----------------------------------------------- >Matthias Mansfeld Elektronik >* Printed Circuit Board Design and Assembly >Am Langhoelzl 11, D-85540 Haar, GERMANY >Phone: +49-89-4620 0937, Fax: +49-89-4620 0938 >E-Mail: [log in to unmask] >Internet: http://www.mansfeld-elektronik.de > >############################################################## >TechNet Mail List 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://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for >additional >information. >If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at >[log in to unmask] or >847-509-9700 ext.5365 >############################################################## > >############################################################## >TechNet Mail List 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://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for >additional >information. >If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at >[log in to unmask] or >847-509-9700 ext.5365 >############################################################## ############################################################## TechNet Mail List 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://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information. If you need assistance - contact Gayatri Sardeshpande at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5365 ##############################################################