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Tools of the trade / Re: Cutting mylar stencils with a silohuette cameo
I 'too' just got a new Silhouette Cameo..
and mostly to do SMT solder paste stencils! (as well as vinyl stickers and stencil for etching on glass..etc..etc)
I have a few small pieces of mylar I cut off some other solder paste stencils I ordered on-line a while back to 'test with'.
I tried the .ulp file direct export of .dxf file from Eagle (which is the PCB design software I use)... but when I printed.. I wasnt too happy with the results..
cuts were ok in some places.. jagged in other? (and this is a TINY/small pcb.. about size of US quarter or so.. with 0603 footprint parts and ATmega328P-AU main chip)
so Im hoping this gerbertographtec approach yields better results.
Summary:
Machine: Silhouette Cameo
OS: Windows XP
Medium cutting: mylar (3mil)
Downloaded all apps listed above (Phyton, Gerbv, pstoedit, Ghostscript..etc)
installed gerbertographtec in C: root directory... edited the file to add .py extension as well added in the two lines above.
I go to CMD prompt.. and run this:
C:Documents and Settingswhispers>C:gerber2graphtec-master>gerber2graphtec.py test.gbr > result.txt
'C:gerber2graphtec-master' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
I even tried executing that from inside the directory (cd to the folder).. same error..
what am I doing wrong?
thanks!