Installation

Download and installation

Following steps assume a bash shell (including git-bash).

1. Clone repository

git clone --recursive https://github.com/williamyang98/gerber2ems.git

2. Change directory to repository location

cd gerber2ems

Download binaries

./vendor/download.sh

Only python 3.10 and 3.11 are supported by openEMS.

1. Create virtual environment

python -m venv venv

2. Activate virtual environment

source ./venv/Scripts/activate

3. Add openEMS and gerbv binaries to path (windows only)

source ./vendor/update_path.sh

1. Install gerber2ems

pip install -e .

2. Check if gerber2ems is installed

gerber2ems -h

Warning

To fix missing DLL errors make sure to add openEMS binaries to the path.

source ./vendor/update_path.sh

Follow the openEMS installation instructions for the python interface here.

deactivate

Change directory to repository

cd gerber2ems

Activate virtual environment

source ./venv/Scripts/activate

Add openEMS and gerberv binaries to path (Windows only)

source ./vendor/update_path.sh

gerber2ems [options]

deactivate