[sdiy] PCB faceplate large hole creation?

[sleepy_dog at gmx.de]

EasyEDA ...

  has (last I tried a year ago) a lot of really stupid bugs /
"features", though. A lot worse than DipTrace.
While I can't remember all the things, one issues is with their parts
libraries that make it seem you'll be saving time.
But the number of parts that will generate totally wrong (rotation and
translation) pick & place data is not small.
Ah, and, you may not care about this particular feature, but it is
representative of the level of stupidity encountered in others as well:
- Differential pair routing: You can place one set of traces with that.
Once it is placed, there is no diff-pair entity in your project, that's
just a temporary creation mode. After that, you have regular traces that
happen to be a differential pair - unless you touch it anywhere... No
edit, route it completely anew then.
Oh, and the selection of copper pours seems to work only if you exactly
hit 1 pixel wide boundaries - that was annoying to no end.

It seemed nice initially, as it's so integrated with ther PCB
manufacturer - more or less. (Beware of LCSC parts it shows you to
select from, to readily drop in, without n eeding to make own footprints
etc - most of them are not available at their partner (?) JLCPCB, if you
want to use them)
At some level of pacepalm and frustration, I ditched that thing.
(I use DipTrace)


Am 27.05.2021 um 19:32 schrieb doug at synthark.com:
> Thanks for the EasyEDA tip too.  I like that it's Linux compatible
> (Diptrace is not).  I'll see how easy it is to map my mind from
> Diptrace to EasyEDA (Diptrace to KiCAD was a miserable failure).
>
> ---
> Doug Huseby
> http://synthark.com
> http://synthark.org
>
>
> On 2021-05-27 10:38, Mike Bryant wrote:
>> If you're not using EasyEDA then make sure you fully check the Gerbers
>> they return to you for sign off as you'll find small changes. Using
>> EasyEDA avoids this.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: doug at synthark.com [mailto:doug at synthark.com]
>> Sent: 27 May 2021 17:36
>> To: Mike Bryant
>> Cc: Synth-diy
>> Subject: Re: [sdiy] PCB faceplate large hole creation?
>>
>> Ah, thanks for the tip!  I was overthinking it.  I found the Board
>> Cutout layer and built the holes that way.
>>
>> BTW, I'm also using JLCPCB.
>>
>> ---
>> Doug Huseby
>> http://synthark.com
>> http://synthark.org
>>
>>
>> On 2021-05-27 09:23, Mike Bryant wrote:
>>> Depends on who is making the PCB. JLCPCB use a laser cutter to cut
>>> any shape in the PCB.  I had some large fan sized holes with
>>> crosshairs in my last order.  Best to use the tool of the PCB
>>> manufacturer for something like this though
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Synth-diy [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at synth-diy.org] On Behalf Of
>>> doug at synthark.com
>>> Sent: 27 May 2021 16:05
>>> To: Synth-diy
>>> Subject: [sdiy] PCB faceplate large hole creation?
>>>
>>> I'm building a jack faceplate, which requires large holes (MIDI, USB).
>>> While I can create the holes in my PCB tool (DipTrace), it flags most
>>> of the holes as DRC violations (too large to drill, > 0.2"), which
>>> makes sense, since PCB fabs probably aren't setup to drill large
>>> holes.  I'm guessing my best solution would be to CNC the PCB after
>>> it's fab'd (since the USB hole is not circular).  Can anyone confirm
>>> or provide a better solution?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> --
>>> Doug Huseby
>>> http://synthark.com
>>> http://synthark.org
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