At 01:23 PM 10/20/2009, alan smith wrote:
>combine designs to build a gerber for a panel
>
>A simple graphical gui to combine designs?  I've looked around and 
>either haven't hit on the right keyword or there really isnt 
>anything out there that is simple.

I've been using ViewMaster EZ from Pentalogix.  Its not free but US 
$49 gets you what you need.  <http://www.pentalogix.com/>

These guys have been around for a really long time (formerly known as 
Lavenir) and the user interface shows its age.  In fact, it feels a 
lot like some of the old DOS stuff I used to (and still do) use.

That said: the user interface did NOT take long to learn and the 
software is reliable and does exactly what I want it to do - combine 
multiple Gerber files into a single board.

Pentalogix has several other tools:

ViewMate (free) - Gerber viewer
ViewMaster EZ ($49) - combine and edit Gerber files
ViewMaster Plus, CAMmaster, CAMmaster Plus, a bunch of others.  They 
all do neat things - but are expensive.

I used to use GCPrevue and missed out when GraphiCode were selling 
PREditor (they sold it for only a short time) but nowadays I pretty 
much use ViewMaster EZ exclusively.  Its just easier to use than GCPrevue.

Hope this helps.

dwayne

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Trinity Electronics Systems Ltd    Edmonton, AB, CANADA
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www.trinity-electronics.com
Custom Electronics Design and Manufacturing

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