Thanks for the suggestions. A question: what does pcb use to fill in the "Author:" line on the fab drawing? I tried various combinations but so far no luck.
--ken On Wed, 2008-04-16 at 13:51 -0400, Stuart Brorson wrote: > 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
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