Good point... also you could change the width of the keepout lines to get your clearance around the edge of the board... more than one way to skin a cat depending on where you want to end up...
duane > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of M P > Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 4:46 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Fwd: 99SE PCB Component gone afar. > > > 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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