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35 lines
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# #####################################################################################
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# DESCRIPTION:
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# Will copper clear all the areas in a Gerber file that are not Gerber elements
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# #####################################################################################
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puts "\n**************** RUNNING an EXAMPLE SCRIPT = Copper Clear a Gerber file *******************\n"
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# ----------- START: This is needed only for the examples ----------------
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# first set the default location where to search for the files to be open and store it to the ROOT_FOLDER variable
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set ROOT_FOLDER [get_sys root_folder_path]
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# calculate the resources path for the examples we need to run and store it inside the PATH varaible
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set PATH ${ROOT_FOLDER}/assets/examples/files
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# ----------- END: This is needed only for the examples ----------------
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# set the working path to the path that holds the files we are going to work with
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set_path $PATH
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# load the GERBER file
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open_gerber test.gbr -outname gerber_file
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# copper clear the Gerber file
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ncc gerber_file -overlap 10 -tooldia 0.254 -method seed -connect 1 -margin 2 -all -outname gerber_ncc
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# create a CNCJob object which holds the Gcode
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cncjob gerber_ncc -dia 0.254 -z_cut -0.05 -z_move 3 -feedrate 100 -outname gerber_ncc_cnc
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# plot the objects so we can see them; not required for the script but in this script we want to see the results
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plot_all
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# write the GCode to a file
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# write_gcode gerber_ncc_cnc ${ROOT_FOLDER}/assets/examples/copper_clear.gcode
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