At 12:59 12.05.2004 -0400, you wrote:
At 01:46 AM 5/12/2004, Edi Im Hof wrote:
Gerber does have a command for drilled slots, but Protel can't generate it.
I'd find this a bit surprising, since gerber is a pure graphics format and
doesn't have *any* hole commands. That is, gerber can include
At 07:55 11.05.2004 -0700, Peter Bennett wrote:
John Girvan wrote:
how does protel 99SE handle drilled slots?
im placing a slot that is 12.5mm x 17.5mm on a PCB do i just draw this
in as a track on a mechanical layer as the size required and specify this to
be cut out on the gerber file?...
At 01:46 AM 5/12/2004, Edi Im Hof wrote:
Gerber does have a command for drilled slots, but Protel can't generate it.
I'd find this a bit surprising, since gerber is a pure graphics format and
doesn't have *any* hole commands. That is, gerber can include *graphics*
information that might be used
thanks all for your help, problem solved.
jjg
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Condit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, 12 May 2004 2:15 AM
To: Protel EDA Forum
Subject: Re: [PEDA] SLOTS?
Peter,
I like the idea of including unreasonably small holes to identify center
points
Hi John,
Our CNC programmers prefer it this way. Draw the exact slot on the
mechanical layer 1 and then place text inside the slot on the same layer -
something like rout and remove.
TC
-Original Message-
From: John Girvan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, 11 May 2004 10:24 AM
John Girvan wrote:
how does protel 99SE handle drilled slots?
im placing a slot that is 12.5mm x 17.5mm on a PCB do i just draw this
in as a track on a mechanical layer as the size required and specify this to
be cut out on the gerber file?... it does not show up on the drill drawing
to be
place one
at the center of each arc that makes up each shape (2 for a slot, 4 for a
rectangle, etc.
Jeff Condit
- Original Message -
From: Peter Bennett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 7:55 AM
Subject: Re: [PEDA] SLOTS?
John Girvan wrote
