May 15, 2013 #1 J jpbhatt Junior Member level 3 Joined Oct 27, 2007 Messages 25 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Location india Activity points 1,436 Dear all I want to convert gerber data to pcb file pls. suggest.i am using protel 2.7 Thanks JP
May 15, 2013 #2 E Electro nS Full Member level 6 Joined Mar 9, 2013 Messages 324 Helped 49 Reputation 98 Reaction score 48 Trophy points 1,308 Activity points 3,818 use eagle cadsoft easy cheap and free version is available . it generates CAM files . and views them . not so sure if can convert to PCB. Also Altium Software . cadence orcad and mentor graphics . note these software are very expensive and hard to use.
use eagle cadsoft easy cheap and free version is available . it generates CAM files . and views them . not so sure if can convert to PCB. Also Altium Software . cadence orcad and mentor graphics . note these software are very expensive and hard to use.
May 16, 2013 #3 S sivamani Full Member level 6 Joined Jan 30, 2007 Messages 336 Helped 46 Reputation 92 Reaction score 43 Trophy points 1,318 Location Hyderabad Activity points 2,919 I have seen this some one was doing using CAM350 tool..It is little bit difficult to convert Gerber to PCB..you need to model lot of things in cam tool to do this reverse engineering.
I have seen this some one was doing using CAM350 tool..It is little bit difficult to convert Gerber to PCB..you need to model lot of things in cam tool to do this reverse engineering.
May 16, 2013 #4 P Puzpuz Newbie level 4 Joined Dec 3, 2012 Messages 5 Helped 0 Reputation 0 Reaction score 0 Trophy points 1,281 Activity points 1,303 CAM350 is a good tool for reverse engineering although it is not easy for using. You can build parts but can't easy manage netlist.
CAM350 is a good tool for reverse engineering although it is not easy for using. You can build parts but can't easy manage netlist.