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[Andy Peters <devel@xxxxxxxxx>]

> On Feb 16, 2016, at 1:02 AM, Lorenzo Marcantonio <l.marcantonio@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 12:40:34AM -0700, Andy Peters wrote:
> 
>> I understand, I was just trying to figure out why they rejected the
>> files. After some back and forth e-mail, I think it’s because they’re
>> using an ancient version of Cam350 that doesn’t understand Gerber
>> Extended Attributes. (I never did get a reply to the request: “Send me
>> your actual official requirements!”)
> 
> My 2 (euro)cents:
> 
> - I confirm that CAM350 is one of the suckiest piece of gerber
>  processors, however is also the only one that many people can afford
>  :P I had the same issue (IIRC I was one of the people requesting
>  'optional' attributes)

Let’s be honest. They’re using cracked versions of Cam350.

> - Forget about MOIN (imperial) gerbers unless you have a working
>  solution for rounding zone edges to the 'right' direction (discussed a
>  couple months ago)

the only reason I thought about exporting inch-based Gerbers is because all of the “suggestions” made by various people about how to get them in a format Seeed likes  mentioned “inches.” 

Anyways, I thought it odd that I couldn’t change the units for the Gerbers from metric to imperial, which seems like a bug.

-a