Laurie Biddulph wrote: > This would depend upon your board requirements. [...] I am sure there are > workarounds for all of this but at the end of the day I have just got > into the habit of creating a board outline, jumping to the Keepout layer > and tracking inside the board out line. I then find it relatively easy > to start tweaking the keepout line. This would be only marginally > complicated with your approach in that you would have to probably start > adjusting the `fatness' as well.
Exactly... I find that board outline and keepout layer have some relationship, but are not the same in many boards. So instead of relying on "tricks" to make one fit the other, I just use separate layers. There are enough mechanical layers to be able to spare one for the board outline :) This way the keepout layer can be set according to the requirements, independently of the board outline. I also find it easier to work with a very small track width on both, so that the track locations match the requirement locations (without having to add the track width in my mind). Gerhard ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
