[OT]Homebrew PCB fabrication

[Jim Brain]

der Mouse wrote:

>>>Everybody I've looked into handwaves the issue, naming a couple of
>>>formats ("gerber" comes to mind) without any references, apparently
>>>assuming everyone will be using some kind of pre-rolled software to
>>>generate said files.  Feh.
>>>      
>>>
>>Eagle CAD makes it easy,
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>>
>
>I'm sure it does.
>
>However, assuming you mean the stuff from the cadsoftusa.com people,
>it's binary-only and hence a complete non-starter for me.  That's why I
>was looking for file format doc, so I could roll my own as needed.
>
>  
>
I don't understand why EAGLE is a non-starter, but you're OK with 
AutoTRAX, also a binary, and DOS to boot.

Jim

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