Take a look at topological routers for curvy lines :)
Donald.
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "tda7000" <Tda7000@...>
> To: "Homebrew PCBs" <Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 9:55:40 AM
> Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: pcb video
> Certainly sounds doable but I probably won't be trying it...
>
> I made only a few boards back then and dropped most of it for some
> years - When I went back to electronics and wanted a PCB I went
> straight to EDA software and never looked back.
>
> As you no doubt know, there are many advantages with EDA software,
> most of which can help from making silly annoying mistakes, and of
> course as with most software you get undo\redo and the ability to
> change anything as much as you like - that would be a big headache if
> you did it by hand.
>
> That said, I do quite like the look of the curvy, flowing style of the
> layouts from the old methods.
>
>
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "AlienRelics" <alienrelics@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "John" <jferrell13@> wrote:
> > >
> > > RE:
> > > > When I was a kid I started out drawing PCBs by hand with graph
> > > > paper. No way I would go back to that now!
> > >
> > > Actually, I think you can. One of the things on my "To Do List"
> > > is to layout a PC board on some over size graph paper and reduce
> > > it in the copier to the proper size for toner transfer. I am
> > > thinking that I will use a dot grid and leave it in the final
> > > transfer so the finished board has reference dots for any after
> > > thoughts.
> > >
> > > de W8CCW
> >
> > That is one way that I made boards, although I was using
> > photosensitized PCBs. I'd lay them out at 2x or 4x size. I figured
> > out what exact percentage reductions on a particular copy machine,
> > since 50% or 25% were not exact.
> >
> > I would do the work on blueline graph paper, the lines were a
> > particular blue designed not to show up on photocopiers.
> >
> > Why would you want to go back to that?
> >
> > Steve Greenfield AE7HD
> >
>
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