gerber-renderer

3D PCB renderer for checking gerber files before manufacture

Build Instructions

These instructions were tested on a fresh lubuntu 17.10 install. The the program doesn't seem to work with mesa software rendering.

install pre-requsites

sudo apt install git automake make gcc g++

download and build gerbv (needed for the libraries)

mkdir gerb3d

cd gerb3d

git clone git://git.geda-project.org/gerbv.git

cd gerbv

sudo apt install pkg-config libtool m4 libcairo2-dev gtk2.0

sh autogen.sh

./configure

make

sudo make install

sudo ldconfig

download and build gerber-renderer

cd ..

git clone https://github.com/tedyapo/gerber-renderer.git

cd gerber-renderer

sudo apt install mesa-common-dev freeglut3-dev libjson-c-dev

cd src

make

test example

cd ../examples

../src/gerb3d ddl_power_supply_release_v71.json