Circuit board Viewer/Editor
Circuit board Viewer/Editor
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Hello, does anyone know of a (Free) program that can view gerber files or .gdo files? I am looking at project example files from Texas Instruments and they have the extensions .gdo in a folder named gerber. I would really like to modify their board to fit my needs exactly rather than starting from scratch on a board design!





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http://www.diptrace.com/download.php try the freeware assuming your design fits into the 300 pin limit..
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http://www.graphicode.com/GC-Prevue_Gerber_Viewer
Dan - Owner

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I found that it will open the .gdo files that you posted.
Glenn
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Glenn
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- Select an element in Viewmate
- get the properties (mainly to locate the coordinates)
- Search for the coordinates in the Gerber file
- change as necessary
- Repeat
You can find good links on the web that define the basic constructs of Gerber files.
If the changes are larger and the design isn't too sophisticated, it doesn't take long to recreate a layout in one of the free layout programs, such as ExpressPCB (or others).
John D