On 04:04 PM 4/11/2002 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Tim, >In my opinion, I would not do the panelization in any of them. I let the Fab >house do ... it.
I agree. I recently ran the numbers on a small board from several PCB shops, both pre-panelized and by allowing them to handle the optimization. In no uncertain terms, each of the hosues told me that had I chosen to do the panelization myself, it would have probably cost me more, due to their knowledge of the "stock" board sizes that they use to create the customer ouput, versus my own ignorance of each of their individual stock sizes and equipment, etc... (And there would have been more effort on my part...more cost..serious cost (manhours)...and more of an opportunity to fudge something while panelizing...more potential for increased cost...) Unless you're talking from the perspective of a board house, ie, by "we are performing our first panelization" means that you're the service, not the servicee, then I have to wonder why you're taking this on, aside from a potential academic interest in accomplishing the task, that is. regards, aj I agree as ell. We used to do it inhouse, but the PCB house made a lot of requests that we leave it to them, as the files would get corrupted during the panelisation in Protel. However, we have to define the panel size, number of PCBs on the panel and info like fiducial marks placement. That is required by our production facility, as the panel has to satisfy the size requirements of our P&P machine. Doing it this way complicates the setup of break-off info, such as V-grooving and routing (e.g. slots in the panel), and you will have to find a compromise that suits yourself and your PCB shop. Hope this helps you. Igor * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
