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Convert Gerber into PDF file

terrylau

Is there any way, or steps to do it, in SKILL to convert all the Gerber files into a single pdf file with multiple pages?

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  • There are a number of ways to do this by converting Gerber to other formats and then using a writer to create a pdf document.

    I would do it using SVG graphics and the free Apache FOP PDF converter. It would be easier to generate SVG graphics from Allegro directly than to convert Gerbers but either method is do-able.

    Short of me writing it for you, your best course of action is firstly to decide how worthwhile this is - it's a relatively big task. And, if you decide to continue, study up on XSL FO. Once you understand that the next task is converting Gerber (or Allegro objects) into SVG within an XSL FO structure and, finally, converting that using FOP.

     Good luck.

    Dave

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  • There are a number of ways to do this by converting Gerber to other formats and then using a writer to create a pdf document.

    I would do it using SVG graphics and the free Apache FOP PDF converter. It would be easier to generate SVG graphics from Allegro directly than to convert Gerbers but either method is do-able.

    Short of me writing it for you, your best course of action is firstly to decide how worthwhile this is - it's a relatively big task. And, if you decide to continue, study up on XSL FO. Once you understand that the next task is converting Gerber (or Allegro objects) into SVG within an XSL FO structure and, finally, converting that using FOP.

     Good luck.

    Dave

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