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From: Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak AT iqo DOT uni-hannover DOT de>
Subject: Re: [geda-user] Converting gerber to SVG or PDF
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2013 23:34:14 +0200
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Peter TB Brett wrote:

> Can anyone recommend a way of converting a Gerber file to a vector
> graphics format such as SVG or PDF?  I tried gerbv but that just seems
> to output a file with a bitmap embedded in it... not terribly helpful,
> unfortunately.

Just tried SVG output of gerbv with one of my layouts. Inkscape opened the 
result just fine. Lines could be manipulated on a by node basis as they 
should. 

Initially, the whole layout was wrapped in a large group. I performed an 
ungroup action on it before I tried to manipulate single lines. Inkscape 
is not the fastes of all applications and the gerber group contained 
literally thousends of objects. This might feel like it is an opaque 
bitmap.

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