Re: gEDA-user: a pcb level panelizer tool

[John Griessen <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rick Collins wrote:
> At 11
>> > Is there a need to generate the entire panel in the layout
>> > program?  With a little effort, the panel could be viewed without
>> > actually duplicating all of the tracks and components.  Then other
>> > items could be added to the panel such as global fiducials.
>>
>> You can add fiducials, positioning holes, project codes, test objects, Cu
>> surrunding areas to the panel PCB. They are mainly used only in mass
>> production, but why not to do it, whet it is only a few line of perl 
>> code? ;-)
> 
> I'm not saying that anything should *not* be done.  I am just saying 
> that there is a need for a simpler method (built into the main tool and 
> part of the board file) of duplicating a single design along with 
> fiducials as this is all that is most commonly needed for production 
> work. 

This kind of thing may not get coded in c as a plugin with GUI features 
unless you do it.  It cries out for a simple menu and key binding that 
runs a perl script that modifies the .pcb layout, saves a backup, and 
reloads the .pcb file created as the current one.

John Griessen

PS I might get around to making a pcb panel template with fiducials in 
January 2009.   Fits my ideas well.


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