The cheaper board houses seem to require submission of Gerber files, not just Eagle files. There are several free versions on the Internet. Here is an older review (2011): http://www.bot-thoughts.com/2011/09/free-windows-gerber-viewers.html
The two choices below are that author's favorites:
**broken link removed**
http://www.easylogix.de/products_detail.php?prog_id=1
1) Are those safe sites?
2) Any experience with them to report?
There are many others that are not included in that review, such as this one:
http://www.mccad.com/FREE_GerberViewer.html
I am looking for recommendations. Safety is a main criterion of mine. I don't like junk on my PC.
John
UPDATE:
1) easylogix/gerberlogix -- had problems doing a drill file from the Eagle-made Gerbers. A 2012 note from Sunstone mentions the need to create the drill file as a separate procedure. That didn't seem to work. Addendum: Eagle Tutorial 7.2.0 had the answer. Sunstone used a much earlier version. Same approach, just slightly different terminology.
2) MCCAD has known problems with Windows. MS has a fix for those problems: **broken link removed** Seems like a bit of a pain on top of the glitches in Eagle 7.2.0
The two choices below are that author's favorites:
**broken link removed**
http://www.easylogix.de/products_detail.php?prog_id=1
1) Are those safe sites?
2) Any experience with them to report?
There are many others that are not included in that review, such as this one:
http://www.mccad.com/FREE_GerberViewer.html
I am looking for recommendations. Safety is a main criterion of mine. I don't like junk on my PC.
John
UPDATE:
1) easylogix/gerberlogix -- had problems doing a drill file from the Eagle-made Gerbers. A 2012 note from Sunstone mentions the need to create the drill file as a separate procedure. That didn't seem to work. Addendum: Eagle Tutorial 7.2.0 had the answer. Sunstone used a much earlier version. Same approach, just slightly different terminology.
2) MCCAD has known problems with Windows. MS has a fix for those problems: **broken link removed** Seems like a bit of a pain on top of the glitches in Eagle 7.2.0
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