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Old June 17th 09, 06:00 AM posted to rec.radio.amateur.homebrew,sci.electronics.cad
Tim Wescott Tim Wescott is offline
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Default ExpressPCB to Gerber file converter?

On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 21:40:28 -0700, JeffM wrote:

Tim Wescott
Reverse the "Express" and the "PCB" and you'll find a really nice
little company that will take Gerber files and make boards for you.
Eagle PCB is free for small two-layer boards, includes schematic
capture, and works well
once you get your brain wrapped around their way of doing things.

Leland C. Scott wrote:
I'm going to check them out. I do some small one-off PCB's to test some
ideas out. I would like to have the Gerber files when I'm done in case I
want to incorporate it in a larger design.


When someone gets hot to trot for the Cadsoft product, I like to remind
him that he may find the same situation: *His* work product tied up in
**their** proprietary format:

The Downside of EAGLE aka ''The EAGLE virus'' by Markus Zingg
http://groups.google.com/group/comp....se_frm/thread/

f794e82d26b59e18/d7cf4149edb93ac7?q=*-*-website+reuse+paying.*+*-I-will-
switch+cracked-*+*.would.not.help.*+zzz+after-*-*-version-*+copied
+*.*.unlock.*.designs+*-*-*-*-exchange-*-*-*-*-third-party+reused+qq+*-*-
single-bit-*-*-*-*+useless+*-*-*-projects-could-no-longer-be-opened

Ah, I forgot about that issue.

So, any _other_ PCB layout program that coughs up a Gerber. Or be
careful of what you copy into your schematics.

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