Low cost Gerber editing tools?

[Sporkman]

I've never seen any. Just wondered if they exist. Of course I know
about some of the excellent free viewers available, and I know you can
upgrade a couple of 'em to limited editing functionality, but what about
really good tools that don't cost $3K+?

Mark 'Sporky' Stapleton
Watermark Design, LLC
www.h2omarkdesign.com

 

[Brad Velander]

Mark,
I am not sure that I understand your inquiry. I have used
several "Gerber" editing tools that didn't cost more than $700 -
$1200. The only time I would expect to surpass $2000 for Gerber
editing tools would be if I needed a tool with full CAM
capabilities that fabrication shops utilize for large volume and
semi-automated operations.

--
Sincerely,
Brad Velander

"Sporkman" <sporkedUNDERLINEagainMUNGE@bigfootDOT.com> wrote in
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I've never seen any. Just wondered if they exist. Of course I
know
about some of the excellent free viewers available, and I know
you can
upgrade a couple of 'em to limited editing functionality, but
what about
really good tools that don't cost $3K+?

Mark 'Sporky' Stapleton
Watermark Design, LLC
www.h2omarkdesign.com

 

[Sporkman]

Brad Velander wrote:

Mark,
I am not sure that I understand your inquiry. I have used
several "Gerber" editing tools that didn't cost more than $700 -
$1200. The only time I would expect to surpass $2000 for Gerber
editing tools would be if I needed a tool with full CAM
capabilities that fabrication shops utilize for large volume and
semi-automated operations.


Sincerely,
Brad Velander
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What tools were those, Brad?

TIA,
Mark

 

[Brad Velander]

Mark,
I have to qualify this by stating that I have not purchased
these tools recently but I would not expect them to have inflated
significantly.

Gerbtool by Wise http://www.wssi.com/

Camtastic by Altium Oooouuuch, just checked their current
pricing, not worth it for that price, previously this was a <$2K
package.

GCPrevue Plus by Graphicode http://www.graphicode.com/
Approx. $600 - 700 USD.


Make sure that you actually get a quoted price from their
sales offices. Too many times the "list" price is no where near
actual price or special offers/promotions. Hope that helps a bit
but possibly the CAM tool market has changed significantly in
recent years.
--
Sincerely,
Brad Velander


"Sporkman" <sporkedUNDERLINEagainMUNGE@bigfootDOT.com> wrote in
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Brad Velander wrote:
Mark,
I am not sure that I understand your inquiry. I have used
several "Gerber" editing tools that didn't cost more than
$700 -
$1200. The only time I would expect to surpass $2000 for
Gerber
editing tools would be if I needed a tool with full CAM
capabilities that fabrication shops utilize for large volume
and
semi-automated operations.


Sincerely,
Brad Velander
-----------------------
What tools were those, Brad?

TIA,
Mark

 

[R.Lewis]

"Brad Velander" <spamthis@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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Mark,
I have to qualify this by stating that I have not purchased
these tools recently but I would not expect them to have inflated
significantly.

Gerbtool by Wise http://www.wssi.com/

Camtastic by Altium Oooouuuch, just checked their current
pricing, not worth it for that price, previously this was a <$2K
package.

GCPrevue Plus by Graphicode http://www.graphicode.com/
Approx. $600 - 700 USD.


Make sure that you actually get a quoted price from their
sales offices. Too many times the "list" price is no where near
actual price or special offers/promotions. Hope that helps a bit
but possibly the CAM tool market has changed significantly in
recent years.
--
Sincerely,
Brad Velander


"Sporkman" <sporkedUNDERLINEagainMUNGE@bigfootDOT.com> wrote in
message news:410BF962.CF0EF030@bigfootDOT.com...
Brad Velander wrote:
Mark,
I am not sure that I understand your inquiry. I have used
several "Gerber" editing tools that didn't cost more than
$700 -
$1200. The only time I would expect to surpass $2000 for
Gerber
editing tools would be if I needed a tool with full CAM
capabilities that fabrication shops utilize for large volume
and
semi-automated operations.


Sincerely,
Brad Velander
-----------------------
What tools were those, Brad?

TIA,
Mark


Viewmate from pentalogix is reasonably simple to operate - a usefull

attribute if you are not doing it every day of the week.
http://www.pentalogix.com/

The best one, by far, is the one you know!