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Re: KiCAD

2006-03-18 by Bob_xyz

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Wayne C. Gramlich" 
<Yahoo@...> wrote:
>
<snip> 
> 
> I'm hoping that the next board that I send out to Olimex
> will be done with KiCAD.  There is still one remaining
> "gotcha" issue that I have to resolve with KiCAD.  I need
> to figure out how to cram multiple 1.25" x 2.50" mini-boards
> onto a single 3.9" x 6.3" Eurocard board in KiCAD.  I'm sure
> I'll figure it out.
> 

Are these multiple copies of the same layout? If so, it's possible 
to manually edit the Gerber files to do an array of boards. I'll be 
posting a file (StepAndRepeat.zip) shortly with the applicable 
editing information.

Doesn't Olimex 'panelize' layouts onto their board sizes for free 
anyway?


Regards, Bob

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