From a27034e423e6927523d58afdf2e7304b96552120 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Petersen Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:22:19 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Cleaned out some broken links and general clean up --- doc/sources.txt | 120 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------------------- 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-) rewrite doc/sources.txt (61%) diff --git a/doc/sources.txt b/doc/sources.txt dissimilarity index 61% index 5b8cfec..5c90d50 100644 --- a/doc/sources.txt +++ b/doc/sources.txt @@ -1,73 +1,47 @@ -Since almost all documents I have found on the Internet has copyright -forbidding the distribution of them, I have instead made a list of -information about RS-274[XD]. I found them basically using google. - -$Id$ - - -Gerber is designed by Gerber Systems, which has been bought by -Barco. Ie Barco (http://www.barco.com/graphics/) has the best -descriptions. - -Now Barco has merged with yet another company and all links pointing -in to Barco Systems are broken. I haven't taking me the time for -updating the URLs, just deprecating them. - -* D-codes, Apertures & Gerber Plot Files -Desribes how a photo plotter works and describes RS-274D. - - http://www.artwork.com/gerber/appl2.htm - - -* What's all this about RS274X Anyway? - -"If you're a PCB designer you're probably hearing more and more about -extended Gerber - RS274X. The latest versions of many PCB layout programs -either offer RS274X as an option or only output RS274X-- such as Cadence's -Allegro." - -Discusses the extension to RS27X from RS274D. Continuation from above. - http://www.artwork.com/gerber/274x/rs274x.htm - - -* BARCO SYSTEMS -_The_ description which is all over Internet. This is the source. - http://www.barco.com/ets/data/rs274xc.pdf (deprecated link) - - -* BARCO SYSTEMS -Seems like there is an development, even thought they copyrighted -the same year - http://194.7.253.113/ets/products/rs274xrevd_e.pdf (deprecated link) - - -* Barco has a new format. - http://194.7.253.113/ets/products/DPF_syntax.pdf (deprecated link) - - -* A Free Gerber Viewer in Java -Also has some documentation, which is basically what I listed above. -I haven't looked at the code. - http://www.wizards.de/phil/java/rs274x.html - - -* A Free Gerber to TIF converter in C++ -Adam Seyschell has made a program called gerb2tif. Available at: - http://home.alphalink.com.au/~seychell/ - - -* A Free Gerber to EPS converter -Dirk Baechle (dl9obn@darc.de) has released a small C++ program to convert -Gerber to Encapsulated PostScript. Platform independent commandline program. -According to the README in version 1.0 "At the moment only a small subset -of the RS-274D standard is implemented". Note that it is D! You have to hack -in every aperture, depsite giving it an X file. - http://sourceforge.net/projects/gerber2eps/ - - -* Eagle Gerber Tutorial -http://www.precma.com/informatica/tutorial.htm - - -* Excellon Drill Format -http://www.excellon.com/applicationengineering/manuals/program.htm +Since almost all documents I have found on the Internet has copyright +forbidding the distribution of them, I have instead made a list of +information about RS-274[XD]. I found them by, basically, using google. + +$Id$ + +* BARCO SYSTEMS +_The_ description which is all over Internet. This is the source. + http://www.maniabarco.com/trandown/rs274xrevd_e.pdf + + +* D-codes, Apertures & Gerber Plot Files +Desribes how a photo plotter works and describes RS-274D. + + http://www.artwork.com/gerber/appl2.htm + + +* What's all this about RS274X Anyway? + +"If you're a PCB designer you're probably hearing more and more about +extended Gerber - RS274X. The latest versions of many PCB layout programs +either offer RS274X as an option or only output RS274X-- such as Cadence's +Allegro." + +Discusses the extension to RS27X from RS274D. Continuation from above. + http://www.artwork.com/gerber/274x/rs274x.htm + + +* Webutils for gerber files +"These web utilities are Java servlets written by C. Scott Ananian; +the source code is licensed under the GNU GPL." +Send in your gerber and you can view it on the web as SVG. There is +also an Gerber to HPGL converter. + http://sinfor.lcs.mit.edu:8180/pcbmill/index.html + + +* Eagle Gerber Tutorial +http://www.precma.com/informatica/tutorial.htm + + +* Excellon Drill Format +http://www.excellon.com/applicationengineering/manuals/program.htm + + +* Example on other free (as in free speech) implementations +I try to list as many program as possible living up to the standards on +gerbv's homepage http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/. -- 2.11.4.GIT