VISOLATE(1)						      General Commands Manual						       VISOLATE(1)

NAME

       visolate - tool for engraving PCBs using CNCs

SYNOPSIS

       visolate [options] [file]

DESCRIPTION

       This manual page documents briefly the visolate command.

       visolate  reads	the  gerber files describing printed circuit boards and converts them into the G-code (RS-274 code) needed to engrave they
       layout into a board using a CNC machine. Precise renditions of the original layout can be created as well as voronoi fillings of the origi-
       nal layout, shortening the toolpath.

OPTIONS

       A summary of options is included below.

       -a, --auto
	      Enable  auto-mode.  When in auto-mode, visolate will load the given file, follow the usual steps (fix topology, generate toolpaths),
	      save the toolpaths and exit afterwards.

	      This is primarily intended for use in scripts; be aware that visolate still needs a connected X display and a graphics  card  to	do
	      its calculations.

       -absolute
	      Use absolute coordinates (instead of relative, which is the default).

       -d, --dpi DPI
	      Do all calculations with a resolution of the DPI parameter.

       -o, --outfile OUTFILE
	      Set the default output location to OUTFIlE.

	      This is particularly useful in combination with --auto.

       -x, --flip-x
	      Flip the input file's X coordinates (reflect across the Y axis).

       -y, --flip-y
	      Flip the input file's Y coordinates (reflect across the X axis).

       -h, --help
	      Show summary of options.

       -version
	      Show version of program.

AUTHOR

       visolate was written by Marsette Vona and Marcus Wolschon.

       This manual page was written by chrysn <chrysn@fsfe.org>, for the Debian project (and may be used by others).

								    2010-10-27							       VISOLATE(1)