Re: [Gerbv-devel] IPC-2581 Support

[Stefan P. <sp...@ci...>]

On 29/10/14 05:16, Abe Kohandel wrote:
> I was wondering if the gerbv development community thinks that there is a place for IPC-2581 support in this tool? IPC-2581 seems to have gained traction and many CAD tools are starting to support it.

Hello!

There is a reason it is called *Gerber* Viewer. In the Unix sense every
tool should do one thing, but do it good.

Then, actually, gerbv is split up in a parse phase and a render phase.
So yet another thing to parse shouldn't be too hard.

I actually got approached many years ago by someone to implement ODB++.
I hesitated (probably most from laziness), but afterwards - looking how
it went for ODB++ - I am happy that I didn't implement it. Looking at
the IPC-2581 on the 'net I get the same vibes as ODB++. It is actually
ODB++ rehashed, though it seems that more people are onboard this time.

A standard that screams out that it *free* every where and every time
and then needs me to register to get it is not free.

On the other hand, something that might actually be interesting to parse
is GenCad, but that is another can of worms for another day.

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