thanks clive, thats an interesting idea of using a transparency. the only problem i'd have with that is moving around and doing different parts of the board... i find myself zooming in even on a 6x6 board until it doesn't all fit on the screen.
i didn't state my post very clearly... another facility here on base already has the process in operation. but we sort of operate independent of each other so management here is wanting me to oversee the workload we transfer to them and be aware of any potential problems. from everyone's post, it sounds like a fairly expensive process with a pretty trashy board if the proper cleanup isn't done. thanks, miker > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 5:49 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] gerbers from a scan ?? > > > > You could always photocopy the board onto overhead transparency film, then > stickytape it to your monitor and set Protel to the correct zoom level and > run > the tracks by tracing over the film. Its a serious suggestion, I have done > logos > like this and it works well. > > > > > _______________________________________________________________ > > Clive Broome > IDT Sydney Design Centre Ph: +61 2 9763 3513 > 8 Bayswater Dr, Homebush Fax: +61 2 9763 3409 > Sydney, NSW, 2127 Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Australia > > _______________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > "Robison Michael R CNIN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 10/18/2001 11:33:17 > PM > > Please respond to "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > cc: (bcc: Clive Broome/sdc) > > Subject: [PEDA] gerbers from a scan ?? > > > > hello, > > i guess our customer on this board rebuild job is happy with us > and has given us a bunch more boards to do. over half of them > are simple two-sided boards. with no existing gerbers, up til > now i've been recreating these in protel with a stripped board and > a set of calipers. > > this issue has been sitting on the backburner for me a while, but > bob wolfe mentioned something close to it and now my interest > is piqued. there is another facility here on base that can take an > existing board that's stripped and somehow scan or photograph > the surface and generate gerbers from that. they want me to go > over and check it out and give them an idea of whether this is a > good idea and what kind of problems might be involved with this > process. > > my question: what am i likely to find when i go over there? i'm > going to assume that there is some scanning or photographic > hardware thats associated with some software program that > converts a raster image into the vectorized gerber files. are you > guys familiar with this kind of setup? what are some of the software/ > hardware setups employed for this? surely its better than me sitting > here re-creating the boards by hand. > > any comments will be appreciated. > > thanks, miker > > > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
