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- Basics
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- Creating, Saving and Loading Projects
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- A project is everything that you have loaded, created and set inside the program. A new project is created every time you load the program or run File→New.
- By running File→Save Project, File→Save Project As… or File→Save a Project Copy… you are saving everything currently in the environment including project options. File→Open Project… lets you load a saved project.
- Source Files
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- Supported source files are:
- * **Gerber**: Typically define copper layers in a circuit board.
- * **Excellon**: (drill file): Contain drill specifications, size and coordinates.
- * **G-Code**: CNC machine instructions for cutting and/or drilling.
- These source files can be loaded by selecting File→Open Gerber…, File→Open Excellon… or File→Open G-Code… respectively. The objects created from source files are automatically added to the current project when loaded.
- Navigating Plots
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- Plots for open objectsPlots for open objects (Gerber, drills, g-code, etc…) are automatically shown on screen. A plot for a given can be updated by clicking “Update Plot” in the “Selected” tab, in case any parameters that would have changed the plot have been modified. (Gerber, drills, g-code, etc…) are automatically shown on screen. A plot for a given can be updated by clicking “Update Plot” in the “Selected” tab, in case any parameters that would have changed the plot have been modified.
- Zooming plots in and out is accomplished by clicking on the plot and using the mouse **scroll wheel** or hitting one of the following keys:
- * **‘1’**: Fits all graphics to the available plotting area.
- * **‘2’**: Zooms out
- * **‘3’**: Zooms in
- When zooming in or out, the point under the cursor stays at the same location. To move around the plot, first zoom out, move the cursor to a point of interest and zoom in again.
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