Re: Gerber files

Ivan,
There should be no reason that GC-Prevue or Viewmate won't display your
Gerber files, I have used both programs intermittently to view Gerbers
generated from Protel.

Now maybe just because of variations in your wording (Altium/Protel) but
I can't be sure which version of Protel/Altium software you are using. Is it
P98, P99SE, DXP, AD or some other version? Which Protel program reads them
in fine, Camtastic or directly into Altium Designer (AD, which is also
Camtastic but just integrated into the package?

Now the only variable that I can see which may interfere with either
program reading in your Gerbers, is what is your Gerber format? RS274?
RS274-X (embedded apertures)? Data format, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5 or some other
(image too large or image too small and you just don't see it)? Leading
zeroes removed/included or trailing zeroes removed/included?

The most likely suspect is that you are outputting RS274 data (no
embedded apertures) and you haven't read in an aperture file. Although this
will usually still display very thin zero width lines of your circuit.

Or am I maybe getting way ahead of the problem, you just don't see the
correct file extensions appear in either GC-Prevue or Viewmate? Don't worry
about the preset extensions, set the file open type to *.* and load your
Gerbers.

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Sincerely,
Brad Velander.

"Ivan Sedneff" <ivans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello

I have just outputted a complete series of Gerber files using Altium
Protel.
They show up fine in the Protel program, however GC Preview and
Viewmate will not display the files.
The extensions are: GBL, GBO, GBP, GBS, etc.
Shouldn't these generic viewers be able to view these files?

Ivan

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