Duane, if you setup a clearance rule between keepout object kind and whole board, you could have outlines on keepout layer identical to real board outlines (probably found on some other layer).
Igor >From: "Duane Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Protel EDA Discussion List <[email protected]> >To: "Protel EDA Discussion List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Fwd: 99SE PCB Component gone afar. >Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:59:04 -0700 > >If I use the autorouter, then I usually draw the keepout inside of the >actual board outline. So I have usually used the drill drawing layer for >the board outline. This is 99SE and earlier of course. > >duane > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 1:53 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Fwd: 99SE PCB Component gone afar. > > > > > > All/anyone... > > > > Just for curiosity's sake, isn't the keepout layer the > > proscribed layer > > for defining board outlines? It's been quite a while (20 > > years) but as I > > recall, Protel manuals specified use of the keepout layer for > > just that > > purpose in their tutorials. > > > > aj > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jon Elson > > >Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 4:09 PM > > >To: Protel EDA Discussion List > > >Subject: Re: [PEDA] Fwd: 99SE PCB Component gone afar. > > > > > > > > > > > >David Cary wrote: > > > > > >>Dear Brad Velander, > > >> > > >>Thank you. This is something I will add to the FAQ. > > >>http://massmind.org/techref/app/pwb_design_flow.htm#placement_FAQ > > >> > > >>-- > > >>David Cary > > >> > > >>On 4/13/06, Brad Velander <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >>>... Used to be that when I updated a PCB and it brought in > > >the new components, they were typically in the very top right > > >quadrant of the working space (to hell and gone). > > >>> > > >>> > > >>... > > >> > > >> > > >>>I don't know what has changed but more recently I get the > > >components coming in just to the right and upwards from my > > >board outline. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>... > > >> > > >> > > >>> Actually I just thought of what it could have been > > >that changed for me. Do you use the keepout layer for your > > >board outlines? Here at my new employer that is something I am > > >now doing different than previously, we use the Keepout layer > > >for our board outline. I will have to test that, previously I > > >used Mech Layer 1 for my board outlines and typically had > > >nothing on the keepout layer. > > >>> > > >>> > > >Yes, if the keepout border exists, the parts hug to the right > > >of it. 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