NAME¶

visolate - tool for engraving PCBs using CNCs

SYNOPSIS¶

visolate [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION¶

This manual page documents briefly the visolate command. visolate reads the gerber files describing printed circuit boards and converts them into the G-code (RS-274 code) needed to engrave they layout into a board using a CNC machine. Precise renditions of the original layout can be created as well as voronoi fillings of the original layout, shortening the toolpath.

OPTIONS¶

A summary of options is included below.

-a, --auto

Enable auto-mode. When in auto-mode, visolate will load the given file, follow the usual steps (fix topology, generate toolpaths), save the toolpaths and exit afterwards.

 

This is primarily intended for use in scripts; be aware that visolate still needs a connected X display and a graphics card to do its calculations.

-absolute

Use absolute coordinates (instead of relative, which is the default).

-d, --dpi DPI

Do all calculations with a resolution of the DPI parameter.

-o, --outfile OUTFILE

Set the default output location to OUTFIlE.

 

This is particularly useful in combination with --auto.

-x, --flip-x

Flip the input file's X coordinates (reflect across the Y axis).

-y, --flip-y

Flip the input file's Y coordinates (reflect across the X axis).

-h, --help

Show summary of options.

-version

Show version of program.

AUTHOR¶

visolate was written by Marsette Vona and Marcus Wolschon. This manual page was written by chrysn <chrysn@fsfe.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).