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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] gerbv-2.6.0 unable to read gerbers made from PADS
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On Tue, Feb 03, 2015 at 05:07:16AM +0000, Spacefalcon the Outlaw wrote:
> 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...

You can also type 'F' which should fit the extents of the visible Gerber
layers to the display area.

But I'm really surprised since my version of gerbv seems to
automatically include the equivalent of the 'F' key during startup.

    Gabriel

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