Homebrew PCBs

Aaaah, I see. I'm a mostly 1-sided, no silkscreen and as few drill holes as possible kind of guy, so I didn't think of that

PG

On 19/02/2011, at 4:25 PM, mike2ls wrote:

> ahhh I see, well the camjob does all that in 1 click, I can export all those multiple images in a single click so topcopper, bottomcopper, topsilk, gerbers if I need, etc. Eagle is pretty awesome in that aspect, its just automates the manual export process.
> 
> the file is really simple actually and you can create your own camjob in the camjob window and save it, so if you export to say a pdf everytime (which I think you would use the PS Device) it will do exactly that. 
> 
> I like it because it creates multiple files for me at once. Names em' and saves em'.
> 
> heres a simple version of a camjob,(my standard export) take everything between the *** and paste it into a notepad doc and save it as filename.cam filename being what ever you want. This creates 2 files in the working dir where the board is boardname.BottomCopper.ps & boardname.TopSilk.ps boardname being whatever the name of the brd file your working on
> 
> ***
> 
> [CAM Processor Job]
> Description[en]=""
> Section=Sec_1
> Section=Sec_2
> 
> [Sec_1]
> Name[en]="Bottom Copper"
> Prompt[en]=""
> Device="EPS"
> Wheel=""
> Rack=""
> Scale=1
> Output=".BottomCopper.ps"
> Flags="0 0 0 1 0 1 1"
> Emulate="0 0 0"
> Offset="0.0mil 0.0mil"
> Sheet=1
> Tolerance="0 0 0 0 0 0"
> Pen="0.0mil 0"
> Page="100000.0mil 100000.0mil"
> Layers=" 16 17 18"
> Colors=" 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 6 6 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 6 8 8 5 8 8 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 3 6 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0"
> 
> [Sec_2]
> Name[en]="Top Silk"
> Prompt[en]=""
> Device="EPS"
> Wheel=""
> Rack=""
> Scale=1
> Output=".TopSilk.ps"
> Flags="0 0 0 1 0 1 1"
> Emulate="0 0 0"
> Offset="0.0mil 0.0mil"
> Sheet=1
> Tolerance="0 0 0 0 0 0"
> Pen="0.0mil 0"
> Page="100000.0mil 100000.0mil"
> Layers=" 21"
> Colors=" 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 6 6 4 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 2 6 8 8 5 8 8 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 3 6 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0"
> 
> ***
> save it to your cam folder in the eagle dir open the camjob window in eagle and then open the cam file from the menu File>Open>Job.. select the .cam file and take a look at it, you can add multiple jobs for it to do, so say you want one version upright, one version mirrored, etc. 
> 
> --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "piers@..." <piers@...> wrote:
> >
> > I get the open in illu part (i've mostly done it for cosmetic things like logos)
> > 
> > It's the run it thru scripts part I'm not sure about - what's wrong with the built in pdf and ps export? 
> > 
> > PG
> > 
> > ---- Sent using a phone. 'Scuse the typos etc.
> > 
> > -original message-
> > Subject: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: Eagle CAD Question
> > From: "mike2ls" <mike2ls@...>
> > Date: 17/02/2011 13:55
> > 
> > well the intrinsic benefit is that I can edit further if I desire, add custom text, graphics, rotate, scale, etc, etc. Also Ive noticed that the traces and pads in the pdf output leaves me with jagged edges most of the time
> > 
> > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, Piers Goodhew <piers@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Perhaps I'm missing some intrinsic benefit to the postscript file, but I just make a PDF from Eagle (in the print dialog there's save as PDF and, now that I look, PostScript) if I want to open in Illustrator.
> > > 
> > > PG
> > > 
> > > On 16/02/2011, at 3:25 PM, mike2ls wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I wrote a cool camjob that outputs a postscript file that I import into illustrator. Anything that opens a postscript will actually read it.
> > > > 
> > > > I then print from illustrator, the postscript can also be converted to a pdf which is a smaller file size.
> > > > 
> > > > I can share it, makes outputting my copper and topsilk a painless process for me. 
> > > > 
> > > > Its also very easy to add/remove/change features from the camjob window in eagle
> > > > 
> > > > --- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "RJ" <rj3819@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > How do you print out just the foil side of a PCB 
> > > > > using the software. I want to do just a single sided,
> > > > > thru hole board.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks..
> > > > > 
> > > > > Randy - N2CUA
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