Doug,
Yes your comments match exactly what one would typically see when
panelizing boards within Protel itself. Those are just the limitations of
copying multiple copies of a single board within one design. Also down the
road, I hope that you still have a singular copy of the design because when it
comes time to make changes or check something against the original schematics
you don't want those multiple copies causing problems at that time.
The cleaner method and sometimes easier would be to do the copying and
panelization of the Gerbers within Camtastic. Then you don't have the DRC
errors that occur because of those net connections between copies of the
boards. Camtastic also has some tools specifically targeted at panelization of
designs that can make the task less complicated and reduce errors.
Sincerely,
Brad Velander
Senior PCB Designer
Northern Airborne Technology
#14 - 1925 Kirschner Road,
Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7.
tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225
fax (250) 762-3374
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Meacham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 9:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [PEDA] Panelization
I have never taken a 1-up pcb and made a multi-up panel so I am not sure how
the final output looks. I did a "past special" and created a 2 x 5 matrix
from a 1-up part. The problem is that there are 10 sub-nets that show up in
the DRC and the light blue net lines are still connected to the each of the
10 parts in the matrix. Is that how the final file should look prior to
converting to gerber?
Thanks,
Doug Meacham
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