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===== What resources exist to process PCB files using scripts? ===== | ===== What resources exist to process PCB files using scripts? ===== | ||
One of PCB's great features is that it uses an easily understood ASCII file format. Therefore, many people use scripts (commonly Perl) to process their boards in various ways. You can use these scripts either as they are, or modify them to suit your own goals. Here are some links to available scripts: | One of PCB's great features is that it uses an easily understood ASCII file format. Therefore, many people use scripts (commonly Perl) to process their boards in various ways. You can use these scripts either as they are, or modify them to suit your own goals. Here are some links to available scripts: | ||
- | - John Luciani has a large number of [[http://www.luciani.org/geda/pcb/pcb-perl-library.html|scripts]] available on [[http://www.luciani.org | his website]]. Included in his collection are scripts for generating footprints, as well as | + | - John Luciani has a large number of [[http://lucianifamily.org/geda/pcb/pcb-perl-library.html|scripts]] available on [[http://www.lucianifamily.org | his website]]. Included in his collection are scripts for generating footprints, as well as |
- | - David Rowe has scripts for updating elements as well as adding/subtracting PCB files from each other on [[ http://www.rowetel.com/perl4pcb.html|his website.]] | + | - David Rowe has scripts for updating elements as well as adding/subtracting PCB files from each other on [[ http://www.rowetel.com/perl4pcb.html|his website.]] (404 - Not found error) |
- Stuart Brorson wrote a simple script which generates footprints for two terminal SMT passives. A gzipped tarball is available [[http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/Smtgen.pl.gz | here ]]. | - Stuart Brorson wrote a simple script which generates footprints for two terminal SMT passives. A gzipped tarball is available [[http://www.brorson.com/gEDA/Smtgen.pl.gz | here ]]. | ||
- The website [[http://www.gedasymbols.org/ | gedasymbols.org]] has gathered a collection of footprints, symbols, scripts, and other materials from many different gEDA contributors. The website is organized by contributor, so if you take the time to browse around there, you may find exactly what you are looking for! | - The website [[http://www.gedasymbols.org/ | gedasymbols.org]] has gathered a collection of footprints, symbols, scripts, and other materials from many different gEDA contributors. The website is organized by contributor, so if you take the time to browse around there, you may find exactly what you are looking for! |