The StepCAM 2 application is a simple PCB format converter software. It converts the Excellon and HP-GL formats to G-code.
The application was written under the influence of StepCAM 1.79 by Sergey Efremov. The name StepCAM is saved with his permission.
- Modern interface with separation of milling and drilling parameters.
- Automatic detection of number format in Excellon files regardless of Sprint-Layout export settings.
- Number conversion using integer arithmetic only (no accuracy loss).
- It is possible to automatically add arbitrary prologue and epilogue to the program code.
- High speed of conversion.
- Log of errors and warnings related to input data analysis.
- The program is written in C++ using the Qt framework and can be built for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X platforms.
- The source code of the program is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License 3.
- Conversion of Sprint-Layout export files only.
- Lack of built-in visualizer.
- (Temporary) Absence of the conversion process indicator.
- (Temporary) Lack of Russian localization.
Copyright © 2024 Dmitry Lavygin (vdm.inbox@gmail.com).
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
The information about licenses for images can be found in img/README.md.
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