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Date:	Tue, 3 Feb 2015 05:07:16 GMT
From:	falcon AT ivan DOT Harhan DOT ORG (Spacefalcon the Outlaw)
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To:	geda-user AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: [geda-user] gerbv-2.6.0 unable to read gerbers made from PADS
Reply-To:	geda-user AT delorie DOT com

Laszlo Valko <valko AT linux DOT karinthy DOT hu> wrote:

> I opened the Gerbers with 2.6.1, and I do see the layout.
> However, I had to zoom out / pan quite a lot to see anything. Originally
> I get positioned at the origin, whereas the contents of the Gerbers are
> start at about 60-70cm (~25 inches) up.
> Try zooming out to see if your version actually loads the files correctly.

Yes, that did the trick!  So my gerbv-2.6.0 does read the files
correctly, but both my version and yours suffer from the same UI
defect in that the initial zoom is not set to encompass the actual
range where the gerber file dropped its objects.

Short of asking this mailing list for help, there was no real way for
me to divine that the secret to transforming the completely blank
screen into a view of the loaded gerber was to keep pressing zoom-out
repeatedly until something appeared...

But anyways, thanks a lot for the help!

SF

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