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On Thu, 26 Oct 2017, Rob Butts (r DOT butts2 AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:

>gerbv loads the gerbers perfectly.
>But the gerbers don't give me dimensions...

It does. Gerber is the format most pcb fab will work from when building 
your board. If it didn't give precise-enough dimensions, we wouldn't have 
any board ever built.

Gerbv has a measurement tool, you can pick any two points and it will 
print the distance.

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