>Much obliged,>Bill GestonDear Bill,Our company developed a DXF to GDSII bidirectional converter over 6 years. The software includes a bidirectional converter along with a GDSII View and plot utility.It is available on DOS and UNIX, and it is in use by over 400 users.We also support a variety of other CAD data bases such as IGES, GERBER, HPGL, PATTERN GENERATOR, ME10 and more.In case you have a few files to convert, we can do it as a service for you.Please call me if you would like to get more information.-- Hagai PettelArtwork Conversion Software 1320 Mission Street Suite 5Santa Cruz, CA 95060tel 408 426-6163fax 408 426-2824bbs 408 426-3825email ha...@artwork.comIGES/GDSII/Gerber/DXF/ME10/EGS CAD Translators.
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Here is a list of best free Gerber file converter software for Windows. Gerber file is an Open ASCII vector file format that usually carries PCB circuit designs. This file also carries information about various components of a PCB design like legend, drill data, copper layers, solder mask, etc. If you want to change a Gerber file to Circuit Design, Image, and CAD file formats, then you can use these converters. Some of the file formats in which you can convert a Gerber file are PDF, TIFF, EPS, BMP, OAS, and GDS. Before starting the conversion process, you can also view, analyze, and edit a Gerber file model. To view and analyze Gerber file models, these converters offer tools like zoom, rotate, pan, mirror, and more. Similarly, these converters offer various editing tools like Layers, Edit Apertures, Calculate Nets, Penpoint Settings, and more.
After viewing and editing a Gerber file model, you can start the Gerber file conversion process. The process to convert Gerber file format is quite simple in all these software. Still, to help you out, I have included the conversion steps in the description of each converter. In these converters, you also get some additional tools through which you can measure the distance of a model, create barcode, save editing operation in the form of Macros, etc. Go through the list to know more about these software.
GerbMagic is a free Gerber viewer software that can also be used as a Gerber file converter software. It works on Windows. To properly view a PCB design contained by Gerber files, it offers various tools like rotate, zoom, scale, mirror, and more. After viewing and analyzing a Gerber file, you can convert it to PDF, TIFF, EPS, BMP, and more. Now, follow the below steps to change the format of a Gerber file using this software.
Viewplot is a free Gerber file converter software for Windows. Using this software, you can also view and edit PCB designs carried by a Gerber file. To view Gerber file designs, it offers various tools like zoom, view whole design, repaint, view with 300 to 2400 dpi, and more. Now, to edit PCB designs, it offers drill tools, edit aperture tool, calculate nets, edit penpoint settings, remove errors, and more. After making desired changes to the Gerber file model, you can save it in DXF, Drill, BMP, PDF, and more. Now, check out the below steps to convert Gerber file format.
Gerbv is a free open source Gerber file converter software for Windows, BSD, and Linux. In this software, you get various tools to view and analyze Gerber file models like Layer (to view individual layers of a PCB model), Analyze (to analyze visible Drill and visible Gerber layers), Pan, Zoom, and more. After analyzing a Gerber file model, you can export it in PNG, SVG, PDF, etc., formats. Now, follow the below steps to convert Gerber file format.
DipTrace is a Schematic and PCB designing and editor software that can also be used as a Gerber file converter. It works on Windows and macOS. This software comes with multiple separate modules (Schematic capture, PCB Layout, Component Editor, and Pattern Editor) to perform different tasks. To view, edit, and convert Gerber file, you need its PCB Layout editor. After viewing and editing a Gerber file, you can convert it to DXF, ODB, PCB, DIP, etc., file formats. Now, check out the below steps to change the format of a Gerber file using this software.
To my knowledge there is not something to convert directly from PDF to GDSII, however, you can search for a converter from PDF image to XPM. Andrew wrote an XPM importing script to create a layout. Once you have the layout you can create a GDS file. You might not find a way to go directly from PDF to XPM, you might need to go via another format (e.g. I saw a PDF to TIFF converter).
My first thought was Artwork Conversion Software - but I don't believe they have anything that goes from PDF to Stream format (aka GDSII). That said, I did find a few companies that provide a PDF to DXF (an AutoCad format) converters - just do a google search for "Convert PDF to DXF". And Artwork provide a tool to convert DXF to GDSII (I think you can also do it with the Allegro PCB/Packaging tools too).
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