Re: gEDA-user: Board fabrication -- outline

[DJ Delorie <dj@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Outlines should be drawn with lines on their own "outline"[*] layer.
It should be in its own layer group.  Most fabs want 10 mil lines, but
they all seem to use the centerline of the lines as the actual
outline.

The CVS version of pcb has a patch that omits the pins and vias from
the gerber and postscript files for that layer, as long as the layer
is named "outline"[*] and it's the only layer in its group.  The
exported file for that layer will be called "outline" instead of being
named as if it's a copper group.

[*] It can be named "outline" or "route" but IMHO route is more
    confusing, especially when you're running the autorouter ;-)


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