kicad GerbView

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6Commandsinmenubar

6.1MenuFiles

Itispossibletoloadgerberanddrill?lesintoGerbview.Thereisalsoanauxiliaryoptiontoexportgerberstopcbnew.Previously(alongtimeago)itwasalsopossibletoloadsocalledDcodes,butthosearenowobsoleteandisthereforenotpossibleanymore.

6.2ExporttoPcbnew

GerbViewhasalimitedcapabilitytoexportGerber?lestoPcbnew.

The?nalresultdependsonwhatfeaturesofRS274XformatareusedinGerberFiles.

RS274Xformathasrasterorientedfeaturesthatcannotbeconverted(mainlyallfeaturesrelativetonegativeobjects).Flasheditemsareconvertedtovias.

Linesitemsareconvertedtotracksegments(orgraphiclinesfornoncopperlayers)

Sotheusabilityoftheconverted?leisverydependentuponthewayeachGerber?lewasbuiltbytheoriginalPcbtool.

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6.3Preferencemenu

Givesaccesstothehotkeyseditor,andsomeoptionstodisplayitems.

6.4Miscellaneousmenu

?ListDcodesshowstheDcodesinuseandsomeofDcodeparameters.

?ShowSourcedisplaystheGerber?lecontentsoftheactivelayerinatexteditor.?ClearLayererasesthecontentsoftheactivelayer.