/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>803537
Sounds like you're talking about me.

I use Eagle to design PCBs like a normal person sometimes, but I can get things a lot more optimized by drawing the tool paths directly. I do this by drawing on the dimension layer then exporting a cut instead of milling. The main issue is that the gcode milling just draws an outline of everything on top layer. This means if there's parallel lines running next to each other it generates a toolpath that cuts the copper between them twice. This makes everything take twice as long and can make the remaining copper traces too thin.

When generating gcode the normal way or my special way I use this ulp instead of the standard pcb-gcode: http://pastebin.com/bsHMAac0.. It's a lot simpler and easier to use.

I also use Gopt available here: http://www.cnczone.com/forums/pcb-milling/88972-gsuite-free-gcode-tools.html

The gcode generator I linked and the standard one both generate toolpaths based on the order you drew the lines which means the machine will have to jump all over the board in an inefficient pattern.