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 original 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).