> If anyone is interested, it is my belief that an "off-line" inverting > utility could be created
Although not the Holy Grail, I think an "off-line" utility would be a sufficiently useful tool for the majority of my applications. I still use Ian's viewer and find it useful for checking without going through a Gerber/Print cycle. I can think of three distinct situations where I would use it (generally on SMT through wave boards) 1) After placement of top side, through hole parts. Arrange SMT stuff on the other side. 2) Arranging Ref Des and other text to look right from both sides. 3) Producing a placement file / drawing for the SMT parts. As far as the SMT guy is concerned, that is the top side of the board. Number 2 & 3 would only need to be done once and an external tool would be fine. It could be desirable to flip back and forth with number 1 since placement is an itterative thing, but beggars can't be choosers. Maybe this will all become academic when the new version comes out. :-) Steve. ====================================================== Steve Baldwin Electronic Product Design TLA Microsystems Ltd Microcontroller Specialists PO Box 15-680, New Lynn http://www.tla.co.nz Auckland, New Zealand ph +64 9 820-2221 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] fax +64 9 820-1929 ====================================================== * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
