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Converting Gerber files for use with a laser

 

Is there an easy way to convert 274-X files into files that a laser can understand? The Laser is 10W and can AFAIK accept G-Code.
I would like to try etching isolation layers by painting the copper clad black.

Ideas?

Sam
W3OHM
 

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You can use FtatCAM

On 8. 1. 24. 08:17, Sam Reaves wrote:

Is there an easy way to convert 274-X files into files that a laser can understand? The Laser is 10W and can AFAIK accept G-Code.
I would like to try etching isolation layers by painting the copper clad black.

Ideas?

Sam
W3OHM

 

Thanks. I'll check it out.

Sam Reaves
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On Sun, Jan 7, 2024 at 11:23?PM Zoran A. Scepanovic <zastos@...> wrote:

You can use FtatCAM

On 8. 1. 24. 08:17, Sam Reaves wrote:
Is there an easy way to convert 274-X files into files that a laser can understand? The Laser is 10W and can AFAIK accept G-Code.
I would like to try etching isolation layers by painting the copper clad black.

Ideas?

Sam
W3OHM

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