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From: elliott@optilink.UUCP (Paul Elliott x225)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Gerber photoplotter format
Summary: Another Gerber code revealed
Message-ID: <6449@optilink.UUCP>
Date: 9 May 91 21:26:29 GMT
References: <30063@dime.cs.umass.edu> <10960038@hpldola.HP.COM>
Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA
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In article <10960038@hpldola.HP.COM>, saksa@hpldola.HP.COM (Tom Saksa) writes:

> > I would appreciate if somebody could give me some clue as to the 
> > translation of Gerber photoplotter formats. So far, I have deduced the
> > obvious:
 
> G90   I have not seen this one.  Call Gerber and ask!  (203) 644 1551

From:
     _GSI PLOTTER CONTROL DATA FORMAT GUIDE_
     Document Number: 40101-S00-066A
     July 19, 1983

Excerpted from Table 2-1 Preparatory Function Codes:

G01  Linear Interpolation, 1x scale
G54  Tool Select
G90  Absolute Mode
G91  Incremental Mode

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