tracer cli

Use Gerber/drill files to render a PCB to SVG from the command line. Part of the tracespace collection of PCB visualization tools.

install

npm install -g @hadimardanian/cli

usage

tracer --help

tracer render <files..>

Use tracer or tracer render to render a set of Gerber/drill files. By default, a .svg file will be written for every layer, in addition to top.svg and bottom.svg for renders of the finished board.

tracer render my-board/*.gbr

| option | description | default | | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------- | | -o, --output | Output directory | CWD | | -l, --layers-only | Only write layer renders | false | | -b, --board-only | Only write board renders | false | | --parse | Write intermediate parse trees for debugging | false | | --plot | Write intermediate plot trees for debugging | false |

tracer plot <files..>

Use tracer plot to plot the images of a set of Gerber/drill files. By default, a .plot.json file will be written for every layer, in addition to board-shape.json for the board shape inferred from an included outline layer, if possible.

tracer plot my-board/*.gbr

| option | description | default | | ------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | ------- | | -o, --output | Output directory | CWD | | -l, --layers-only | Only write layer plots | false | | --parse | Write intermediate parse trees for debugging | false |

tracer parse <files..>

Use tracer parse to parse of a set of Gerber/drill files. A .parse.json file will be written for every layer.

tracer parse my-board/*.gbr

| option | description | default | | -------------- | ---------------- | ------- | | -o, --output | Output directory | CWD |