Put a shortcut to the viewer in the “Shortcut” folder, which is provided in the root directory of Freepcb2, and then this item will appear in the main File menu. You will be able to upload gerber files into it for viewing, using the menu command directly from the FreePcb-2 window. If at least one of the following programs is installed on your computer: But you can also import a netlist in the PADS-PCB popular format from FreePCB2 compatible Schematic Editor. In FreePcb, you can create a netlist manually by adding parts and then connecting their pins. There is also a right-click context menu with additional features. There are only 9 buttons (F1 … F9), the Functions of which change depending on the type of the selected element (part, vertex of trace, segment and etc.), so FreePcb-2 can be studied even without instructions. FreePcb-2 does not have a huge number of buttons as in other CAD systems, the purpose of which is not immediately clear.
If you don’t want to waste your time mastering complex PCB design applications, download FreePcb-2, which can do a lot of what CADs can do, but is easy to learn and takes up little disk space on your computer. FreePcb-2 contains new features not available in version 1.359 and provides more freedom for circuit board developers. Version 2.0 presented on this site is a fork of version 1.359, taken for revision in 2014.
Our online implementation displays 100% of the Gerber and Excellon specifications, making it the most comprehensive viewer available for free.
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