Tx for the tip.  I'll look ingo GCPrevue; I think I looked at it awhile
ago for checking gerbers before manufacturing, but that was a year ago.

The only problem with going the upgraded-Eagle route is that I can't
import gerbers into Eagle, so I can only work with Eagle-created
designs.  (Which is ok for now, but probably not down the road.)  It
will also cost $600 to upgrade.  :(

Best,
Jesse


Josh Koffman wrote:
> I went this route a little while ago. There is a program called GCPrevue
> that can do this, but the free version only lets you save out a
> proprietary file format. AP can read GC Prevue files, but only older
> ones, so make sure you don't waste time doing a merge on the newest
> version of the program, because your files will be useless to them.
>
> If you're going to spend money, buy a more capable version of Eagle. I
> ended up finding someone with the full version to help me. If you get
> them to cut and paste the brd files into one big file, you can do the
> CAM processing on the freeware version.
>
> Josh
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>
> Jesse Lackey wrote:
>
>>I'm going to try apcircuits.com or barebonespcb.com for a panel of
>>different circuits, and I need some way of merging gerbers.  I'm using
>>Eagle, limited to 4"x6", and want to go larger than that so I need an
>>external tool.  In there future I may also combine with gerbers from
>>other board layout packages too.
>>
>>I don't mind paying for it (under $150 say).  Free would be cool...
>>running in linux even cooler... :)   (but I'll take commercial Windows
>>software.)
>
>

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