Why wouldn't you want to create gerber files and then print from GerbView? That has the option for accurate 1:1 scale.
----- Original Message ----- From: "hal8000b" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 3:18:52 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [kicad-users] Export actual size PCB in PCBnew Apologies if this has been asked before. One way to make PCB's is to print the PCB template with a laser printer onto acetate. The acetate is then ironed to to plain copper clad PCB with a hot iron, the ink transfers to the copper and when set board is ready to etch. My problem is, what viewing size gives actual size components? In PCBnew the 3D viewer can show top view or bottom view (copper) and then export as JPG or PNG image. Pressing F1 or F2 zooms in/out but I dont know which view ratio is actual size, can anyone help? After exporting the copper layer I can change it to black using Gimp but its getting component, pads and track sizes correct. Thanks in advance. ------------------------------------ Please read the Kicad FAQ in the group files section before posting your question. Please post your bug reports here. They will be picked up by the creator of Kicad. Please visit http://www.kicadlib.org for details of how to contribute your symbols/modules to the kicad library. For building Kicad from source and other development questions visit the kicad-devel group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/kicad-develYahoo! Groups Links
