Hi -- > I have just completed design and layout of my first full-scale board and > I am about ready for the fabrication step. My experience with the gEDA > tools and PCB has been relatively painless so far, and the resulting > schematic and gerbers look impressive and very professional.
Glad to hear it! > However the default fabrication drawing output from PCB is minimal and > essentially just a drill drawing. I would like to add the other > essential standard fabrication information, such as the stack-up figure, > board material, plating specification, finish, registration spec, etc. > > Can this be done using PCB, and if so what is the best way to do it? Is > there a layer that can be defined for this purpose, or maybe some > keywords and text can be added to the .pcb file? In the past, I have exported .png or .pdf files from PCB, and then embedded the fab drawing as an object into a SolidWorks drawing. Then I have added all the other shrubbery required for a professional fab drawing. I have done the same thing with Visio, too. You could use any drawing package which imports .png or .pdf. PCB doesn't do nice looking fab drawings right now. Stuart _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user