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   2 What is PCB ?
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   4 PCB is an interactive printed circuit board editor for the X11 window system with either a GTK interface (default) or a lesstif interface.<br>
   5 PCB includes a rats nest feature and Design Rule Checking.<br>
   6 PCB offers high end features such as an autorouter, a topological router and a trace optimizer which can tremendously reduce layout time.<br>
   7 Plug-ins: compile separately and load at startup of pcb.<br>
   8 PCB includes exporters for:
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  10   <li><b>Batch</b>: text line "batch" HID, which exists for scripting and non-GUI needs.
  11   <li><b>Gerber</b>: Industry standard RS-274-X and NC drill output.
  12   <li><b>BOM</b>: Bill of material and centroid data X-Y data output for use in the board fabrication and assembly process.
  13   <li><b>PS</b>: PS output.
  14   <li><b>PNG</b>: GIF, JPG and PNG graphic formats output.
  15   <li><b>Nelma</b>: Output files for trace capacitance calculations.
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