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Customized gerber output

Rogerrose

Would like to customize the gerber output of the cam processor.

The gerber outputs the coordinates in mils(1/1000th of inch) and would like the output in inches.

For example the output is 1000 rather than 1.000

I tried changing the %d parameter and others in the Device Driver Definition in eagle.def with no success.

The number of leading zero and trailing zeros will change and I was able to remove some of the extra characters.

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    On 18/01/2014 4:26 p.m., Roger Rose wrote:

    Would like to customize the gerber output of the cam processor.

    The gerber outputs the coordinates in mils(1/1000th of inch) and would

    like the output in inches.

    For example the output is 1000 rather than 1.000

    I tried changing the %d parameter and others in the Device Driver

    Definition in eagle.def with no success.

    The number of leading zero and trailing zeros will change and I was able

    to remove some of the extra characters.

     

     

    Are you sure you understand how it should look?

     

    Out of the box, Eagle does its Gerber in inch.

    There is no decimal point in the coordinate number. The format is

    specified in the first few lines of the file, normally 2.5 or 2.4

     

    Spot the lines in the devices that contain , say, X24Y24.

    In the gerber output file you see the same string telling the gerber

    plotter what the format of the coordinate system is.

     

    That specifies the first 2 numbers are the inches and the following 4 or

    5 numbers are the decimals of an inch

     

    HTH

    Warren

     

     

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    On 18/01/2014 4:26 p.m., Roger Rose wrote:

    Would like to customize the gerber output of the cam processor.

    The gerber outputs the coordinates in mils(1/1000th of inch) and would

    like the output in inches.

    For example the output is 1000 rather than 1.000

    I tried changing the %d parameter and others in the Device Driver

    Definition in eagle.def with no success.

    The number of leading zero and trailing zeros will change and I was able

    to remove some of the extra characters.

     

     

    Are you sure you understand how it should look?

     

    Out of the box, Eagle does its Gerber in inch.

    There is no decimal point in the coordinate number. The format is

    specified in the first few lines of the file, normally 2.5 or 2.4

     

    Spot the lines in the devices that contain , say, X24Y24.

    In the gerber output file you see the same string telling the gerber

    plotter what the format of the coordinate system is.

     

    That specifies the first 2 numbers are the inches and the following 4 or

    5 numbers are the decimals of an inch

     

    HTH

    Warren

     

     

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