Bungard FilmStar-PLUS Instructions For Use Manual - page 11
Photoplotter FilmStar-PLUS
Instructions to Use
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The name of the aperture file will show in the column right to the one with the name of the Gerber file.
Each Gerber file needs its own aperture table. If a Gerber image was removed from the plot area, the
associate aperture table will be removed as well. Using standard Gerber files with no or wrong aperture
tables gives faulty results.
You may view and edit the aperture file assigned to the actual layer: Select Preference / Aperture table.
This menu also allows to create a new table. Each entry needs to have the right shape and size inform -
ation typed in. After you clicked on Save and named the file this will be written to disk as a Lavenir
aperture file with the *.ENV extension.
By the way, the above mentioned column of several layers will only be necessary if you have one Ger -
ber master file and want to create a set of films in the same spacing and arrangement, like a four color
film set for publishing / printing. The Tool/Panelize function will then handle all associated Gerber files
according to the Master file on layer 1 and the Tools / Panelize drill function will further allow to duplic-
ate the drill data accordingly.
Viewmate
On Request we will supply the Gerber-Viewer Viewmate.
Bitmap2Fpf
Bitmap2Fpf is a simple converter, that converts
high-resolution monochrome bitmaps into the
FPF plotter format. The bitmap format is univer-
sal, but has the disadvantage that the files can
be very large with a corresponding resolution.
For this reason we supply the converter Bit-
map2Fpf.
If your design program is not capable to pro-
duce Gerber files, you can save your layout
with the highest possible resolution as a mono-
chrome Windows bitmap. If monochrome is not
possible, you can eliminate the color informa-
tion with e.g. Windows Paint. Note the original
image size and the selected resolution!
You need to enter the proper resolution value of
input BMP file in BMP2FPF program. In case
you set wrong resolution value, you get wrong
film result (smaller or larger image).
Example: you want to to convert the file TestBitmap25400.bmp into the FPF-format.
Load the file into the converter, define the name of the output file and click Convert.
In the upcoming dialog, the input resolution is displayed in pixels.
In the field BMP resolution you can enter the desired resolution and the program calculates the result-
ing picture size of the FPF file:
35.000 Pixel / 35 mm x 25,4 mm / Zoll = 25.400 Pixel / Zoll = 25.400 DPI
14976 Pixel / 15 mm x 25,4 mm / Zoll = 25.400 Pixel / Zoll = 25.400 DPI
When the FPF-file is generated a preview image is created automatically, too.
Bungard Elektronik GmbH & Co. KG, Rilkestraße 1, 51570 Windeck – Germany
Tel.: +49 2292 / 9 28 28-0, Fax: +49 2292 / 9 28 28-29, E-mail: support@bungard.de