Gerber Viewer and Converter

Gerbview is a powerful viewer and converter that will visualize your design, on the screen or in hardcopy. You no longer have to wait for a prototype circuit board to see your true design.

GerbView supports both RS-274D and RS-274X Gerber formats, and you can use it to convert your older Gerber files to the new RS-274X extended format. The newer extended Gerber format contains embedded aperture information and minimizes the risk for errors during the manufacturing of the PCB.

With GerbView's PDF to CAD capability you can convert your Adobe PDF files back to editable Gerber RS-274X and Autodesk DXF files.

GerbView can create layered PDF, DXF and DWF files where each loaded file will correspond to a separate layer in the destination file. Check out our blog to read more about how you can create layered PDF files with GerbView.
You can optionally create multi-page files, where each file, or layer, will be placed on its own page in the output file.
Finally, you can convert the loaded layers into individual files, one file per layer. This is very useful for converting older Gerber files into new extended Gerber files.

With GerbView you can export individual layers, or the whole workspace, to any of the supported raster formats, which includes TIFF, JPEG, PNG and BMP. The resolution and number of colors used for the conversion can be set by the user.

PDF to CAD

Convert PDF to Gerber,
DXF, HPGL/2 and SVG

In GerbView you work with a workspace that can contain one or more files (layers) of any of the supported file formats. The workspace can be saved for later use. The workspace will reference your design files, so only need to reload the workspace to see the whole design. You can set the size of this workspace to one of the preselected paper sizes, or to a custom size.

Use the precise measurement tools to verify distances and areas. Check apertures used by tracks and flashes using the query and aperture highlight tools.

Markup elements like text, barcodes, QR-codes, images, arrows, lines, symbols, ellipses and polygons can be added to the workspace, and will be included during conversion and printing.
All types of markup elements, for example text or barcode, may be "burned-in" to become a permanent part of a Gerber layer.

You may print your files using a custom scale, for example 100% for original scale, or using fit to page. The print poster mode, also called tiled pages, can be used to print large designs and drawings on multiple sheets. Header, footer and watermark information can optionally be added to the printed sheets.

Try GerbView Now

A fully functional evaluation copy can be downloaded from our web site.
The downloaded product will run in evaluation mode for a period of 30 days.
After this period, you have to purchase a license, if you want to continue to use the product.

Download an evaluation copy from the download page.

All new licenses are perpetual and includes 12-months of free software maintenance.

GerbView Key Features

• View, print, markup and convert Gerber, Adobe PDF, ODB++, Excellon, Autodesk DXF and HPGL/2.
• Convert to Autodesk DXF, PDF, DWF, Gerber and other formats.
• Convert multiple Gerber files to a single multi-layered PDF, DWF or DXF file.
• Convert ODB++ to individual Gerber, PDF, DXF or SVG files.
• Convert ODB++ to a multi-layered PDF file for documentation.
• Use the PDF to CAD capability to convert PDF files to editable Gerber, DXF, SVG or HPGL/2 files.
• Convert from older RS-274D format to RS-274X, also known as extended Gerber format.
• Compare Gerber and ODB++ layers and visualize any difference.
• Gerber X2 file and pads attributes are supported.
• Query for aperture and tool information in Gerber and Excellon files.
• Measure distances, areas and perimeters, with or without snapping to pads and tracks.
• Highlight selected apertures in Gerber and ODB++ files.
• List and highlight nets in ODB++ files.
• Display and export component reports for ODB++ files.
• View and export Gerber layers with or without transparency.
• Edit aperture shapes and sizes in Gerber files.
• Do support several aperture formats created by older PCB tools.
• Edit tool sizes for Excellon files.
• Delete items in a Gerber file based on aperture and usage selection.
• Delete a selection of items from a Gerber file.
• Replace apertures in Gerber files.
• Copper surface area calculation.
• Extract drill data from Gerber and DXF files. For DXF file circle entities will be used to define a drill hole.
• Add files of different formats as layers.
• An unlimited number of layers can be added to a workspace (only limited by memory).
• Copy a selected region to clipboard and paste into another application.
• Invert negative Gerber layers (e.g. power-plane) to positive for correct display and conversion.
• Rotate, mirror and scale layers.
• Visibility of all loaded files can be set individually.
• User defined header and footer can be added for printing.
• Color or Black & White Printing.
• Scaled print or fit to paper.
• Full mode print preview.
• Poster mode for printing big format drawings on multiple sheets.
• Save the whole workspace, or single layers, as low- or high-resolution raster files. Supported formats include:
  TIFF, CALS, Adobe PDF, WebP, Windows BMP, PNG and JPEG.
• Annotate your project using dimensions, lines, text, shapes, images, QR-codes, barcodes, symbols and more.
• Burn-in feature for converting annotation elements, for example text, into native Gerber data. This can be very useful if you want to add text to a Gerber layer without regenerating the Gerber file.
• Annotations are stored in a separate file and can be included during conversion to other formats.
• Mouse-controlled zoom in, zoom out, zoom area and panning.
• Command line interface for conversion and printing.
• Customizable user interface.

GerbView can open the following Formats:

• Gerber RS-274D
• Gerber RS-274X (Extended Gerber)
• Gerber X2
• Adobe PDF ^1  2
• ODB++ (zip and tgz)
• Excellon Drill format
• Autodesk DXF
• HPGL and HPGL/2
• HP RTL
• TIFF
• JPEG
• PNG
• CALS
• BMP

GerbView can convert to the following Formats:

• Gerber RS-274X (Extended)
• Gerber RS-274D (Legacy)
• Autodesk DWF ^1  2
• Autodesk DXF ¹
• Adobe PDF ^1  2
• Adobe PDF/A ^1  2
• Adobe Postscript
• CALS Type 1
• CGM Binary
• HPGL/2 (PLT)
• JPEG
• PNG
• Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)
• TIFF
• WebP Image Format
• Windows BMP
• Windows Enhanced Metafile
• Windows Metafile