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Add GC-Prevue
Normally I would prefer using open source programs, but GC-Prevue is a) actually very good, and b) renders some gerbers more correctly than gerbv, e.g. those produced by DesignSpark PCB.
Hmmm just tried installing this with Wine and it doesn't work so I have no way easy way of testing right now. Email sign-up and closed source is turning me off too.
What kind of Gerbers does this handle better than the others, are there any examples I could try?
Here's one: remote_control_-_Top_Copper.gbr.zip
Apparently the issue arises because DesignsparkPCB doesn't close polygons, and the behaviour for that is undefined in the gerber spec. But every manufacturer I've sent them to makes them like GC-Prevue renders them (with the polygons implicitly closed), and not how Gerbv et al. render them.
@kasbah This is one of the gerber viewers recommended on the /r/PrintedCircuitBoard/ sidebar. It has a lot of features, including opening up multiple zips at once, and graphical file merge. Closed source, but reasonably priced for a professional gerber viewer. It no longer has a free version, so the description needs to change, but I recommend adding it
