kicad GerbView

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1IntroductiontoGerbView

GerbViewisaGerber?leviewer(RS274Xformat),andisalsoabletodisplaydrill?lesfromPcbnew(inExcellonformat).Itacceptsupto32?les(Gerberand/orDrill?les)

Filescanbedisplayedusingatransparencymodeorstackedmode.

FormoreinformationabouttheGerber?leformatpleasehaveareadatthespeci?cationinTheGerberFileFormatSpeci?cation-Ucamco.

2MainScreen

3Uppertoolbar

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Clearalllayers

LoadGerber?les

Loaddrill?les(ExcellonformatfromPcbnew)

Setpagesizeforprintingandshow/hidepagelimits

Openprintdialog

Zoominandout

Refreshscreen

Zoom?tinpage

Layerselection

DCodeselection(hightlightitemsthatusethisdcode)

InfoaboutGerber?leoptionsloadedinthecurrentlayer

4Lefttoolbar

4.1Options

Gridon/off

Displaypolarcoordinateson/off

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Unitsselectiontodisplaycoordinates

Ongridcursorshapeselection

Displaymodeselection(solidoroutlines)for?asheditems

Displaymodeselection(solidoroutlines)forlines

Displaymodeselection(solidoroutlines)forpolygons

Show/hideDCodesvalues(foritemsusingadcode)

ModeusedbyGerbviewtoshowlayers.

Show/hidethelayermanager

4.2LayerManager

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Thelayermanagerhas2purposes:?Selecttheactivelayer?Show/hidelayers

Theactivelayerisdrawnaftertheotherlayers.

Whenloadinganew?le,theactivelayerisused(thenewdatareplacethepreviousdata)Note:

?Mouseleftclickonaline:selecttheactivelayer

?Mouserightclickonthelayermanager:show/hidealllayers?Mousemiddleclickonaicon:selectthelayercolor.

4.3ModestoshowGerberlayers