Dennis, Bob, Michael, first off, Dennis you have hit it right on the head. First of all we need to control where our tabs are located, the shop can't guess this. Secondly, the shops are great at panelizing single boards into one panel with step and repeat, we don't even attempt to do this. My last panel was made up of not less then 21 different board designs. Most of the boards we did 2 of each but some there were 3 or 4 of each. By the time we document all of the crap about how to panelize the boards we could have panelized it twice ourselves. Then we know it is right and we don't worry about what the fabricator is going to send. I am not arguing with anybody about panelizing production designs for mass fabrication or assembly. I am stating that it is sometimes more efficient and expedient to panelize ourselves and not worry until the day that the boards arrive, over whether or not we got what we needed. I would also like to meet the quick-turn proto fabricator who would not charge extra for panelizing 21 different boards with strict requirements, not impacting turn-around or price.
Brad Velander Lead PCB Designer Norsat International Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Saputelli To: Protel EDA Forum Sent: 15/12/2001 9:31 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Merging boards it really isn't that simple, at least for us we can almost never let the bd shop panelize because it just won't come out the way we want in the case of a repeated rectangular array of bds with nothing hanging over the edges, sure maybe <SNIP> these kind of details make it tough Dennis Saputelli * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
