Re: gEDA-user: Hanging a jack off the edge

2008-12-13 Thread Ethan Swint
Or futz with the silk screen, assuming it is just silk hangover that pcb is complaining about. That's what it's complaining about. Can I do this without monkeying around with the footprint itself -- that is, can I do this while laying out my board? You can edit the footprint in your

gEDA-user: Hanging a jack off the edge

2008-12-12 Thread David Griffith
Is there some way I can convince PCB to allow me to hang the footprint of a jack off the edge of a board? -- David Griffith dgri...@cs.csubak.edu A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most

Re: gEDA-user: Hanging a jack off the edge

2008-12-12 Thread Mark Rages
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:08 PM, David Griffith dgri...@cs.csubak.edu wrote: Is there some way I can convince PCB to allow me to hang the footprint of a jack off the edge of a board? Use the outline layer to set the board size. Or temporarily make the board size large, then set it back.

Re: gEDA-user: Hanging a jack off the edge

2008-12-12 Thread Dave N6NZ
Mark Rages wrote: On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:08 PM, David Griffith dgri...@cs.csubak.edu wrote: Is there some way I can convince PCB to allow me to hang the footprint of a jack off the edge of a board? Use the outline layer to set the board size. Or temporarily make the board size

Re: gEDA-user: Hanging a jack off the edge

2008-12-12 Thread David Griffith
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008, Dave N6NZ wrote: Mark Rages wrote: On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 10:08 PM, David Griffith dgri...@cs.csubak.edu wrote: Is there some way I can convince PCB to allow me to hang the footprint of a jack off the edge of a board? Use the outline layer to set the board

Re: gEDA-user: Hanging a jack off the edge

2008-12-12 Thread Steve Meier
yep. Make the pcb work area larger then the board. add a silk screen around the edge of the board or make a separate board layer and put the outline there. Add a fabrication instruction to make the board to the outline. Steve M. On Fri, 2008-12-12 at 20:08 -0800, David Griffith wrote: Is