Saturday, 21 February 2015

Simple isolation routing software

I've tried several different pieces of software to convert PCB layouts to G-Code. I have stumbled upon a piece of software called FlatCam. This will read Gerber and simply generate G-code. 
I had some example Gerber from the web but it didn't load (the FlatCam screen was blank). I opened the Gerber with gerbv and it showed some spurious lines that I deleted - FlatCam then opened it and a few clicks later, I had g-code cutting a piece of copper clad FR4. 
Long live Enthusiastic developers and smart students. Well done JP at FlatCam.org