If you have the gerbers there is a way.
I had to do this type of board and pulled in the gerber for the top layer
to get the hole spacing. Alternatively the gerber for the drill drawing
would work. I put the imported layer for the existing board on one of the
mechanical layers and then I could place the parts exactly on the existing
holes.
Rob
"Mamdouh Wahab" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/03/2001 12:36:10 PM
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Subject: [PEDA] Mechanical layout question?
Greetings to all,
I am laying out a board that will connect to a generic daughter
board. The connection between them is through a Board to Board
(header/socket) connector plus aligned holes for mounting.
I have the physical (component populated) daughter board,
I am trying to measure the different distances and coordinates
using a digital calliper.
However, the 1st prototype had some misalignment although I
was carefull in taking the measurement.
My question is-
Is there a preciese way of taking the coordinates of the connectors
and holes on the physical daughter board?
I thought of taking a digital picture of the board export it to a CAD
or Drawing software and do the measurments there. Is this the way to go?
Thanks
Mamdouh Wahab
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