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6Commandsinmenubar
6.1MenuFiles
Itispossibletoloadgerberanddrill?lesintoGerbview.Thereisalsoanauxiliaryoptiontoexportgerberstopcbnew.Previously(alongtimeago)itwasalsopossibletoloadsocalledDcodes,butthosearenowobsoleteandisthereforenotpossibleanymore.
6.2ExporttoPcbnew
GerbViewhasalimitedcapabilitytoexportGerber?lestoPcbnew.
The?nalresultdependsonwhatfeaturesofRS274XformatareusedinGerberFiles.
RS274Xformathasrasterorientedfeaturesthatcannotbeconverted(mainlyallfeaturesrelativetonegativeobjects).Flasheditemsareconvertedtovias.
Linesitemsareconvertedtotracksegments(orgraphiclinesfornoncopperlayers)
Sotheusabilityoftheconverted?leisverydependentuponthewayeachGerber?lewasbuiltbytheoriginalPcbtool.
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6.3Preferencemenu
Givesaccesstothehotkeyseditor,andsomeoptionstodisplayitems.
6.4Miscellaneousmenu
?ListDcodesshowstheDcodesinuseandsomeofDcodeparameters.
?ShowSourcedisplaystheGerber?lecontentsoftheactivelayerinatexteditor.?ClearLayererasesthecontentsoftheactivelayer.
