Panelize Eagle PCB

Alcaid · 8th October 2006, 01:26 PM

Hi,

Anybody know how to panelize a PCB made in Eagle.

I'm using the photo-transfer method, so I print the design to photo paper with a laser printer.

What I would like to do is to panelize the design, (copy it), so that I can make more than one PCB at once.

Any solutions to this?

Thanks.

pinkmouse · 8th October 2006, 01:35 PM

I use the CAM processor to output .eps files, then array them in Photoshop.

Alcaid · 8th October 2006, 02:20 PM

What settings do you use? I can't get an output with holes. All drill holes are filled black. And how do you assure the print out is according to scale?

Please explain your method a little more in detail.

edit: Got the hole-thing fixed.

djQUAN · 8th October 2006, 03:18 PM

what I usually do is make the same layout many times in eagle.

pinkmouse · 8th October 2006, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alcaid
And how do you assure the print out is according to scale?

EPS is a vector format used by a lot of DTP programs.

I create a blank page the size of my printer paper, with margins set according to the printable area, (you only have to do this once then use it as a template), open the .eps file, select all and copy, then paste into the blank page. You can do this as many times as you want with as many layouts as you want. I then flatten the layers, (as each paste goes onto a separate layer), then print as normal, or save as a pdf. As long as your printer driver doesn't scale to fit, then each layout is dimensioned perfectly.

poobah · 8th October 2006, 04:45 PM

I don't know Eagle... but most programs allow to select whether or not you have holes in the copper pads. This option should be somewhere in the output/gerber generation window/cotrol panel.

Wish I could be of more help!

djQUAN · 8th October 2006, 04:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by poobah
I don't know Eagle... but most programs allow to select whether or not you have holes in the copper pads. This option should be somewhere in the output/gerber generation window/cotrol panel.

Wish I could be of more help!

in eagle, when you print directly from eagle, the result automatically has the holes in the layout. but when you export them first and open it in another program, the holes aren't there.

I haven't explored it that much so I don't know if there are settings for that.

Nordic · 8th October 2006, 04:58 PM

I simply print from eagle to Microsoft Office document Image writer, (fancy way of saying printing to file), which saves it in Tiff format, with holes... at 300dpi.

dsavitsk · 8th October 2006, 05:16 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alcaid
Anybody know how to panelize a PCB made in Eagle.

I use this: http://claymore.engineer.gvsu.edu/~s...hon/gerbmerge/

It probably helps if you can read Python code, but it is pretty simple to use and works very well.

Alcaid · 8th October 2006, 06:23 PM

The method described by Pinkmouse works perfect!

Thanks everyone for the help

8th October 2006, 01:26 PM	#1
Alcaid diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Klepp	Panelize Eagle PCB Hi, Anybody know how to panelize a PCB made in Eagle. I'm using the photo-transfer method, so I print the design to photo paper with a laser printer. What I would like to do is to panelize the design, (copy it), so that I can make more than one PCB at once. Any solutions to this? Thanks.

8th October 2006, 01:35 PM	#2
pinkmouse diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Chatham, England	I use the CAM processor to output .eps files, then array them in Photoshop. __________________ Al I conceive of nothing, in religion, science or philosophy, that is more than the proper thing to wear, for a while. Charles Fort

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8th October 2006, 02:20 PM	#3
Alcaid diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Klepp	What settings do you use? I can't get an output with holes. All drill holes are filled black. And how do you assure the print out is according to scale? Please explain your method a little more in detail. edit: Got the hole-thing fixed.

8th October 2006, 03:18 PM	#4
djQUAN diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: manila	what I usually do is make the same layout many times in eagle.

8th October 2006, 04:45 PM	#6
poobah diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2005	I don't know Eagle... but most programs allow to select whether or not you have holes in the copper pads. This option should be somewhere in the output/gerber generation window/cotrol panel. Wish I could be of more help!

8th October 2006, 04:58 PM	#8
Nordic diyAudio Member Join Date: Sep 2005	I simply print from eagle to Microsoft Office document Image writer, (fancy way of saying printing to file), which saves it in Tiff format, with holes... at 300dpi.

8th October 2006, 06:23 PM	#10
Alcaid diyAudio Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Klepp	The method described by Pinkmouse works perfect! Thanks everyone for the help

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