How to read RS-274X Extended Gerber Format Specification

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How to read RS-274X Extended Gerber Format Specification file??

i need to read the content of RS-274X File format..it is PCB data file where it contains information about the XY Co-ordinates of the all parts of PCB.

Has anyone done this before ??

Any Third party library available ??

Posted 29-Apr-12 19:13pm

Pixel86

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Answer 1 · 2012-04-29T20:01:00

Solution 1

This is the complete specification: http://www.ucamco.com/downloads.php[^].

Did you try to search for the C++ codes with Gerber parser before? Look at this one:
http://gerbv.geda-project.org/[^].

This is an open-source project.

—SA

Posted 29-Apr-12 20:01pm

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

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Pixel86 30-Apr-12 3:15am

Thanks i have already downloaded this, but i don't know how to use this on my project ..
via XML Parsing ?
How to do, i am new to these area..

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 30-Apr-12 18:44pm

What XML?! it has nothing to do with XML. Look into the code. If it can view and convert vector graphics, it can parse the file. If you are new, you need to get into it. First, find out how viewer works...
--SA

Pixel86 1-May-12 22:58pm

Thanks for the reply ..

Here is the link for grevView ( RS-274x ) source, but i don know how to start and where to start..
is the url given below is right one with source code ??

http://kicad.xor-gate.org/testing/Documentation/doxygen/html/dir_3559e86f1ec6b59cc1d78e9d3be5d525.html

f_m_g · Answer 2 · 2012-06-12T01:53:00

Solution 2

Hi,

if you use VC++ or C# you can use the SDK of PCB-Investigator (http://www.pcb-investigator.com/sdk-participate )
There you can work with each objects e.g. lines and pads, for beginers there are some examples, just have a look...

Posted 12-Jun-12 1:53am

f_m_g