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[Richard <r-haldemann@xxxxxx>]

Hi to all

I am new to KiCad as also to the developer community. I have designed 
two boards with KiCad and sent the data to china just a few minutes ago. 
In a first step I only sent the gerber files for a single board 
(Prototype for test). But as I need big quantities, I need a 
panelization software.
I tried to download and install the GerbMerg. But I was not able to 
install it either on my Ubuntu computer nor on a Windows laptop, what 
made me frustrated as I spent hours trying everything to get it up and 
running.

So I thought, it could be a realizable job to do that in GerbView.
Can anybody tell me if that is an idea or is that not of interest. Who 
is responsible for GerbView. Is there something like a quick start guide 
on what has been done up to now.
I have written some programs in Java so I know a little on OOP.
I have written a panelisation software years ago on a DOS machine in C 
but I am not sure if I will find that part of software on my backups as 
it may be gone!!?? I then used that software for my photoplotter when I 
was producing films for PCB manufacturers.

Please tell me if that is a very silly Idea or if it would be worth to 
sit down for  some hours.

Regards
Richard