On Mon, Sep 24, 2007 at 10:21:40AM +0200, Andreas Bihlmaier wrote:
> Hello ports@,
> 
> here is a resubmitt of gerbv.
> 
> pkg_info gerbv
> Information for inst:gerbv-1.0.2
> 
> Comment:
> viewer for Gerber (RS-274X) files
> 
> Description:
> Gerber Viewer (gerbv) is a viewer for Gerber files. Gerber files are generated
> from PCB CAD system and sent to PCB manufacturers as basis for the 
> manufacturing
> process. The standard supported by gerbv is RS-274X. The basic difference
> between RS-274D (the old standard) and RS-274X is basically the addition of
> apertures in RS-274X. It might be possible to make an RS-274X file out of an
> RS-274D file and an aperture list. 
> 
> gerbv also supports drill files. The format supported are known under names as
> NC-drill or Excellon. The format is a bit undefined and different EDA-vendors
> implement it different. But basically you need to have the tools definition in
> the file, then the parser is quite tolerant. The different holes are shown as
> dots in the (scaled) correct size.
> 
> Maintainer: Andreas Bihlmaier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> WWW: http://gerbv.sourceforge.net/
> 
> 
> Works on i386 and sparc64.
> 

Shouldn't it be installed to cad/ (plus the CATEGORIES set to cad)?
At least I think it is more CAD related then graphics.

-- 
:wq Claudio

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