Gerald,
Not sure if I understood propperly what you mean with "overwrites
pad-dimensions and the drilling tool table" but IMHO you can prevent
problems by loading the identical design rules as your current design at
the point in time you create the empty board and bevore you start
pasting. At least for me this worked well.
Working with gerbers is probably the same amount of time as you say.
However, at least where I live there are many board shops which directly
accept Eagle board files and with those shops, avoiding the geber hassle
is a plus.
Markus
Gerald Schwarz schrieb:
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> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Homebrew_PCBs%40yahoogroups.com>, "Herbert E. Plett"
> <cachureos@...>
> wrote:
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> > do not try to edit anything because you will get a mess...
> >
> >
> > --- On Mon, 12/8/08, Markus Zingg homebrew-pcb@... wrote:
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> > > The way to do this in eagle is to:
> > >
> > > a) open your board in question.
> > > b) Mark everything and click on the cissors (Eagle does not
> > > have a cut,
> > > but cut means copy as you surely know)
> > > c) close the board, open a NEW board file
> > > d) past the design into this new "pannel" board
> > > as many times as you wish
> > > e) print this "pannel" board.
> >
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> ---
> hi,
>
> With this methode, copy and paste, there is a little problem:
> that overwrites pad-dimensions and the drilling tool table, because
> the Pins all are in flash-appertures, not drawing rings.
> (drawing rings are not so beautiful than flash rings)
> The Pad properties will be also copying.
>
> I think, it's better to make multiple gerber files with the PCB
> offsets, a drill and apperture file with the CAM processor in a new
> working folder.
> Than open it with a gerber program (auto insert) for the next working
> steps.
> If you have a different apperture list, drilling tool list, be shure
> that they correspond with the PCBs.
>
> The working time with this methode is the same than drag and drop in
> some few minutes.
> Controlling and/or repairing the drill - apperture file needs a
> little bit more time.
> The benefit with gerbers, you can than work with drilling/milling
> plotters, if you have one.
>
> For hobby or (semi) professional use, i think, the working steps and
> times are the same with there individual methodes.
>
> regards
> Gerald
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