RogerHead wrote:
I am considering AI for designing instrument front panels. What do other people use? Our publications department people love it, but they're using it every day. I'll use it a few times a year. But I want to get away from the blocky, 'designed by an engineer' appearance - you know, front panel artwork laid out in Protel.
One really cute trick is to use Protel's PCB for front panels that are going to have
a PCB behind the panel, with switches, LEDs, LDCs, etc. Then, the alignment
of the panel's holes and cutouts, and the labels all will line up with the PCB-mounted
components. You could also export some of the PCB info in some file format
to a mechanical CAD package or art program, so the PCB locations could be used
as a guide for the panel labels.
I have a homemade laser photoplotter that I built for PCB prototype artwork, but
I also use it to make phototools to make panel labels. I use some really expensive
stuff from VPC (US rep for Quick Mark) to make laminated.
Jon
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