That's an astute observation, Mjolinor, I wasn't even aware that a gerber to gcode utility existed. That would be just the thing for this. As I have it now, I used basic trigonometry and pythagoras' theorem to make it so wires can be specified as grid coordinates [x, y] at begin and end. Same for placement of electronic parts, which also take a rotation, pin count, and spacing parameter. Here is the result:

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