Pen-Plot Track as Continuous Line?? Protel 99SE

From: mike (spamme0_at_netscape.net)
Date: 11/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 06:38:42 -0800

Pen-Plot Track as Continuous Line?? Protel 99SE

I'm trying to plot on copper to make circuit boards.
I need 8 mil lines to a TQFP-64-1010.
Yes, I know it's a stretch, but it's almost working...

Protel outputs Gerber. I translate the Gerber to run the
plotter.

If line segments are plotted
individually, there are distortions where segments
meet and the pen picks up partially dried ink that
makes subsequent lines wider.

I'm thinking I could solve most of this by plotting
each track in one continuous line. By messing with the
layers, I can separate tracks from pads and plot groups
separately in sequence with different pens.

The thing that's missing is connecting the line segments.
Selecting vector and optimization in the cam menu doesn't do it.
I could sort the gerber and connect the segments, but that's
a major undertaking.

Is there a simpler way to do this? I'd hate to go to
all this effort and find out all I needed was to check a box
or download an existing utility.

Again, Instead of line segments plotted out of order,
I want the whole track to be plotted without lifting the pen.

Thanks, mike 

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