Re: gEDA-user: Board fabrication -- outline

2006-10-10 Thread DJ Delorie
Outlines should be drawn with lines on their own outline[*] layer. It should be in its own layer group. Most fabs want 10 mil lines, but they all seem to use the centerline of the lines as the actual outline. The CVS version of pcb has a patch that omits the pins and vias from the gerber and

Re: gEDA-user: Board fabrication -- outline

2006-10-10 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stefan, A quick way to get results is to manually draw the board outline on an empty layer you rename outline: This is inelegant, but quick error-free. It requires absolutely no programming. If outline doesn't sound like a good name to your vendor, you can easily change it. Layer(7

Re: gEDA-user: Board fabrication -- outline

2006-10-10 Thread Xtian Xultz
Em Ter 10 Out 2006 09:52, John Luciani escreveu: On 10/10/06, Stefan Salewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My questions: What is the right way to generate the outline for the board producer? My vendor asks for a 10 mils line around the board. IN THEORY he cuts the board exactly in the inner