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Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] Printing many small PCBs on a single A4 paper

From: "Stefan Trethan" <stefan_trethan@...>
Date: 2006-05-14

Print or export to some graphic format (e.g. TIF), and copy/paste the
files together with paint shop pro or similar software.
paint shop can be found for like $10 on ebay for the older versions, which
are a lot faster for large tiff files anyway, so better. I use version 6,
i believe 7 should be OK also. 8 is already slow.

ST


On Sun, 14 May 2006 17:10:26 +0200, William Kroyer
<william.kroyer@...> wrote:

> I'm new to using the PCB layout CAD programs but I have found that
> you can place traces, etc outside of the 3"X4" area. You just can't
> place
> parts outside of that space. I tried copying and pasting a small boards
> layout next to each other and it did copy all of the traces and vias
> associated with the traces but not the vias for the parts. It would be
> a bit
> time consuming but you could, in theory, go through and replace the
> missing vias and then use that one to copy and paste multiple boards
> side by side.