As part of my current workflow producing a PCB layout I open my gerber files using gerbv. This allows me to switch on and off layers and check things are as they should be.
However I need to present the layout to some others in my team, preferably without needing gerbv. Currently I do this by offsetting all of the layers so they can be seen individually and then print to PDF.
This is pretty tedious and I cant help thinking there is a better way, so are there any gerber viewers that support the following.
- View a stack of layers from each side of the board (Would be great if this was something like the graphical view OSH park creates – example)
- Display each layer separately, without manual offset adjustment
- Output to PDF
Best Answer
For checking gerbers, I use GC-Prevue, but it's not much different from gerbv.
If you want to generate presentable images and your CAD tool does not offer that, try looking at some 3D gerber viewer tools: