Is the tool expected to fully support GerberX2 file format? about tracespace HOT 3 CLOSED

tracespace is primarily concerned at the moment with image-related instructions. The API documentation of the parser may offer some guidance there.

Glancing over the latest Gerber spec, the only image related things it doesn't support are the newer L* commands: LM (mirror), LR (rotate), and LS (scale) commands. I definitely could've missed something, though.

tracespace does not support any of the metadata attributes. I would like to support some of the file attributes (e.g. .FileFunction) at some point, but I would probably re-write the parser before trying to extend it with attributes.

Are there any specific instructions you were wondering about?

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@mcous, that was more a general question, just to know what to expect from the tool. I use to only generate GerberX2 files and never original gerbers any more.

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This tool should correctly render any valid RS-274X (aka Extended Gerber) file, so I think you'll be good!

According to Wikipedia, the difference between Gerber X1 and Gerber X2 is only the metadata attributes I mentioned above. As the metadata attributes do not affect image generation, they will be ignored by tracespace.

Please do open issue(s) if you find any files that do not correctly render

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