Who normally realize printed circuit boards using the milling procedure knows that the path created using the various script for Eagle Cad, are not optimized. Such un-optimization causes the necessity of a longer time to the final realization of the pcb. Using a simple routine it is possible to save upto 70% of the time necessary to the milling procedure.
A simple example, using images taken directly from the programmer's site, will clear the situation:
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This is the picture of a non optimized path created using the traditional scripts available for Eagle Cad.
It is clear that the path is not optimized; the time necessary for the milling procedure could be quite long. |
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Here is the same gcode file but in this case the path has been optimized |
The program has been written using Visual Basic and it is available only for windows. Can be directly downloaded here.