Since PCB design is a complex process with many variables, it is of course not uncommon that some errors occur in a client’s Gerber files. Even for assembly-only projects, we still very much prefer to have the Gerber files on hand for the DFM Checking that we provide as a part of our comprehensive North American Quality Management standards. Of all the many types of PCB Design Files, Gerber files are perhaps the most important since they describe the physical attributes of your boards in a way that Bittele’s PCB fabrication machinery can directly process.
Gerber files are an essential requirement for any PCB Fabrication or PCB Assembly project, including Bittele’s Complete PCB Assembly service. Similarly a script could be created to automatically launch gerbv from within EAGLE and either of these could be integrated into a custom menu for ease of access.Common Gerber File Issues, and How to Fix Them A script could be written to open it up with all the files loaded form within EAGLE. You could also write a script to export all these layer setups automatically in monochrome into a chosen folder which would then enable you to view them with the standard image viewer from within your OS. That way you can quickly call up an alias to display just what is shown for each layer of the gerber.
I don't know whether it would help but you could create display aliases to match each of your gerber layer setups. No question there are free options out there for viewing Gerber file plots, but as a matter of convenience I personally would like to see this capability integrated into EAGLE.
I wasn't aware of gerbv or gerbview, but I have heard of gerblock and viewplot. I've actually used Pentalogix ViewMate - which worked fine but required me to search their website, create an account, and import my gerber files so I could examine the resulting plots.
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