On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 12:38 +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 10:44:17PM -0800, Kirk Wallace wrote:
> > I just sent my serial DAC gerber files to a fab house. I had to hack the
> > silk screen file to include an outline and a couple of features that the
> > Eagle CAM refused to pick up as silk screen features.
>
> Tried just now, so should hopefully work for you:
> Use COPY to duplicate the board outline, in situ. (Left-click to place it,
> unmoved.)
> Select CHANGE LAYER (Spanner Icon -> Layer -> Layer 21), then click on
> board outline.
> One of the duplicates is now in the tPlace layer, and that's
> Silkscreen, according to the manual.
> INFO ("i" icon) can be used to confirm where it went.
I couldn't do the copy for some unknown reason, (I'll have to try harder
later), but I did use "wire" in layer 21 to draw the outline, reran CAM
job gerb274x.cam, gerbv'd the .plc file and every thing including the
outline was there. In my previous attempts I tried different CAM jobs
and settings so it's hard to tell what I did wrong, but seems to work as
expected now. Thanks
> The board house that I mentioned on the "SMT Terminal Blocks" thread
> accepts Eagle files, obviating the need to learn how to do the CAM step.
> (In fact, I have yet to wade through that section of the pdf manual.)
>
> The files I sent to them only had board outlines in layer 20
> (Dimension), and I omitted silkscreen. (Soldermask is enough for SMD
> component pad location, I find, and better use of money, perhaps. In any
> case, I don't have room for component IDs, anyway.)
>
> There's a newsgroup, but the feed is direct from the company, and our
> firewalls here won't let it through. They might be able to advise as
> well.
>
> Erik
I checked out their website:
http://www.custompcb.com/
and I like the silver plating, but Sparkfun's:
http://www.batchpcb.com/
is about half the price for three times the wait.
--
Kirk Wallace (California, USA
http://www.wallacecompany.com/machine_shop/
Hardinge HNC lathe,
Bridgeport mill conversion, doing XY now,
Zubal lathe conversion pending)
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