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Hello!
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This is to announce the release of gerbv-2.0.0! Gerbv is an open source
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Gerber file (RS-274X only) viewer for Linux and other unix flavors. Besides
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viewing Gerbers, you may also view Excellon drill files as well as XYRS
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(pick-place) files. For more information, browse to gerbv's web site:
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http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/
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Gerbv is allied with the gEDA Project, an open-source collaborative
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which has produced an end-to-end tool chain for PCB design on Linux and
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other unices. The gEDA Project's website is here:
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http://geda.seul.org/
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Gerbv release 2.0.0 represents a a whole new look for gerbv. Most
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importantly, the layer control GUI has been made much more powerful through
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the outstanding work of Julian Lamb. Julian has also re-worked the GUI's
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button and menus to make them more convenient to use. We are certain that
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you will find gerbv-2.0.0 even easier to use than before because of Julian's
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amazing work!
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Other changes include:
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* Julian Lamb incorporated the cairo graphics library into gerbv,
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thereby enabling export to a variety of different output file
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formats, including PDF, PS, SVG, and PNG.
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(GDK rendering remains available as a configure option for
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older Linux systems.)
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* Cairo rendering also supports "transparency mode", showing you
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which layers are underneath other layers.
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* Drill parser rewrite by Joerg Wunsch giving better support for
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internationalization and formats.
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* Added report windows showing statistics of Gerber and
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drill codes used (as well as CAM errors) by Stuart Brorson.
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* Parser improvements from Stefan Petersen and Julian Lamb.
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* Aperture handling improvements from Stefan Petersen.
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* A new unit test suite (and nightly test runs) by Dan McMahill.
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* Improved autodetection of file-type by Stuart Brorson.
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* Improvements in the graphical rendering of pick-and-place files.
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* Export of images from the command line (cairo only).
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* Complete implementation of the Gerber spec.
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* Open multiple layers at once in File->Open dialog.
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Gerbv's homepage is on SourceForge:
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http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/.
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There you will find a bug database, a feature request database, the CVS repo
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and a commit mailinglist.
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To download gerbv-2.0.0, go to
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http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gerbv/
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and grab gerbv-2.0.0.tar.gz
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To install gerbv do this:
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1. tar zxf gerbv-2.0.0.tar.gz
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2. cd gerbv-2.0.0
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3. ./configure
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4. make && make install
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Interesting configure options are:
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--help : Lists all configure options.
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--disable-cairo : Use GDK only for graphics rendering.
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--disable-exportpng : Disable compilation of export of PNGs.
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--prefix=<dir> : Install to dir <prefix>.
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--with-maxfiles : Set maximal number of files (default 20).
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--enable-unit-mm : Change default unit in status bar to mm from inch.
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Thank you for using gerbv-2.0.0!
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-- The gerbv team
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