Re: [PEDA] round PCB?

2002-05-13 Thread Waldemar Kulajew
Ivan, here my comment from the other side of the ozean. I do round PCB near only. The only thing I figured out to do is to set the keepout as a polyline. For the circums where unchecked in DRC in Protel3.0 where I started to use Protel. As far as my memory is correct. Protel

Re: [PEDA] round PCB?

2002-05-13 Thread Jon Elson
Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: Hello, all: A customer asked us to design a round (circular) PCB for them. We have never designed a round PCB before. Any special Protel techniques, tips, or gotchas we should know about before starting? It is not a high-tech board, single sided only, TH

Re: [PEDA] round PCB?

2002-05-13 Thread Abd ulRahman Lomax
At 12:22 PM 5/13/2002 -0500, Jon Elson wrote: If you do autoroute, you need to make the keep-out line out of straight track segments. This is the only limitation I know of. A hint for quickly and accurately making the outline out of arcs: draw an arc of the right size and position, gerber

Re: [PEDA] round PCB?

2002-05-12 Thread Clive . Broome
Does this also require the traces and layout to be circular? There are ways of pasting to circular arrays that build up a board to look like the spokes and hub of a wheel. Often used for semiconductor testing for probe cards and load boards. BR Clive Broome Bagotronix Tech Support [EMAIL

Re: [PEDA] round PCB?

2002-05-10 Thread Jeff Stout
I'm trying to imagine a 'round board going through a wave soldering machine. Jeff Stout - Original Message - From: Bagotronix Tech Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 3:57 PM Subject: [PEDA] round PCB? Hello, all: A customer

Re: [PEDA] round PCB?

2002-05-10 Thread Bagotronix Tech Support
Jeff: While you're at it, try to imagine soldering a wave. Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com - Original Message - From: Jeff Stout [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Protel EDA Forum [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 5:55 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA

Re: [PEDA] round PCB?

2002-05-10 Thread Bruce Walter
We used to do one - punch and return. Got a panel, stuffed, waved, then just pop out. I didn't do the board, just saw the result. -Original Message- From: Jeff Stout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 10, 2002 2:55 PM To: Protel EDA Forum Subject: Re: [PEDA] round PCB? I'm