[sdiy] getting started with a PCB/schem application

[Derek Holzer]

Sorry if I'm jumping in late, but if the problem is to get more than one 
board on a printed sheet, why not convert the PS to hi res GIF in 
Photoshop/GIMP/etc and copy/paste onto A4 size layout there? I do this 
and it seems to work fine. You can render back to PDF/PS with minimal 
loss if you rasterize the PS with 300 dpi. One thinig you might want to 
do at the last stage is hold up one your ICs to the printed page and 
make sure the pins still line up with the tracks in the layout, just to 
be sure.

best!
Derek

Matthew Smith wrote:
> Quoth Tom Bugs at 2009-02-19 19:10...
>> Close the schematic, then group select the whole board, cut (click go) 
>> and paste - bingo - panelized boards! (You can copy from other boards 
>> too if you so desire - just keep the schematics closed and maybe save 
>> as a new .brd file).
> 
> Thanks for that tip.  I'm still restricted to the (miniscule - I thought 
> I was getting a load more when I paid for it) board area, but at least I 
> can get a copy without double-handling.
> 
> To make best use of the rather expensive transparency paper, I still 
> need to figure a way of getting a load more on there.  (Paper is A4.)
> 
> Cheers
> 
> M
> 
> 

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