Tim Fifield wrote: > > When making a panel is it best to do it in Protel or a gerber tool such as > Camtastic?
I do it with Protel. select the region, copy. paste special - array while duplicating designators and not repouring polygons. That is it.
You have to be careful about the "automatic layers" such as powerplanes, solder- and paste mask. E.g. if you have a design rule to close the paste mask on pad X in the component Y, have a very careful look to the copys!
I also don't think this will work with split planes. Never tried.
I usually let the board house do it.
Edi Im Hof
I tend the use a new pcb-file for that with copies of the perhaps various panel contents.
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