denjackson / gbl2ngc

No frills gerber to gcode converter.

gbl2ngc

Open source no frills gerber to gcode converter, using (a slightly modified) Clipper Lib. Produces an isolation routing gcode file for the given gerber file.

gbl2ngc will convert a gerber file like this:

to a gcode file like this:

to compile:

cd src
./cmp.sh

example usage:

gbl2ngc --input example/example.gbl --radius 0.0025 --output example.ngc

Current version is in an alpha state, so use at your own risk.

TODO:

• allow for metric (right now it's imperial only)
• allow for other options in terms of seek rate, feed rate, etc.
• optimizing air drill paths