{"id":979,"date":"2009-01-05T08:10:58","date_gmt":"2009-01-05T15:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=979"},"modified":"2015-09-26T11:11:10","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T18:11:10","slug":"gerbv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/gerbv\/","title":{"rendered":"gerbv – A free, open source gerber viewer for Linux \/ OS X"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you finish a PCB design, you typically use the CAM export function of your layout tool to generate a set of gerber<\/a> files to send to the PCB manufacturer.\u00a0 To avoid errors in the finished board, it’s usually a good idea to review the files before you click send.<\/p>\n

Enter gerbv<\/a>, a free, open source gerber viewer that is available for many platforms, including Debian<\/a> and OS X<\/a> (via fink<\/a>).<\/p>\n

I recently upgraded to version 2.0 (I was using the really outdated version 1.0 on Macports) and I am really impressed by the improvements in the GUI and overall usability.<\/p>\n

gerbv is a part of the gEDA<\/a> suite, which also includes layout and schematic capture tools that are slowly becoming more popular<\/a> vs. more established non-free tools like Eagle<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> I missed an interesting update to a post over on My 2uf<\/a>, not everyone seems to like the rest of the gEDA suite<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"gerbv<\/a>
gerbv screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When you finish a PCB design, you typically use the CAM export function of your layout tool to generate a set of gerber files to send to the PCB manufacturer.\u00a0 To avoid errors in the finished board, it’s usually a good idea to review the files before you click send. Enter gerbv, a free, open … Continue reading gerbv – A free, open source gerber viewer for Linux \/ OS X<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40,5],"tags":[67,98,141,140,107,32,133],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-and-resources","category-electronics","tag-debian","tag-eagle","tag-geda","tag-gerbers","tag-os-x","tag-pcb","tag-resources"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/sioCd-gerbv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1103,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/poll-who-is-your-favorite-prototype-pcb-vendor\/","url_meta":{"origin":979,"position":0},"title":"Poll: Who is your favorite prototype PCB vendor?","author":"Jeff","date":"January 29, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"As I wait for my AVR High Voltage Programmer Shield PCBs to come back from BatchPCB, I'm starting to wonder what prototype PCB services other people are using for their boards. 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