On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 06:07:25PM +0100, Mario Klebsch wrote:
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Hi!
Am 06.01.2005 um 02:14 schrieb Dan McMahill:
but if you want to be certain you don't forget them, you need to add
to the
schematic. I am a firm believer that anything which needs a special
hole (mounting hole, test point, shield can, etc) or special footprint
(surface mount probe points, etc) needs to be on the schematic. That
doesn't enforce correct placement (mounting holes which need to line
up to a chassis for examle), but it does make sure they end up on the
board.
When arguing this way, it should be possible to place an element in the
schematic, which ends up as the board outline in PCB. This really would
be cool, especially when you have to do non-rectangular boards. :-)
Hi Mario,
I like that idea. Especially if you have a standard chassis that
you might use often. You could have a element which had the mounting
holes and board outline. Same comment applies to a card for
a particular computer or backplane slot.
Eventually I guess you'd maybe like a DRC check that looks for over
lapping parts and a flag which says "hey, this is an outline type
part, overlaps are ok".
-Dan