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  1. Bug #171859 (sf1695320)
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Comment 1 for bug 171859

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Buliabyak-users (buliabyak-users) wrote : Re: import engineering files: DXF / Gerber / Shapefiles

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(from duplicate rfes)

The previous request gave a definition for the whole RS274 machine
control
language. "Gerber format" is a very restricted subset of this, but it is
the dominant format for PC board designs. A good description of the
limited Gerber format is here:

<http://www.rulabinsky.com/cavd/text/chapa.html>

See also <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerber_File>

The official Gerber RS274X standard is at:

<http://www.artwork.com/gerber/274x/rs274xrevd_e.pdf>

and source code to parse it can be found at:

<http://sourceforge.net/projects/gerbv/>