thank you for sharing your experience ... but you can give eagle a try ... it's a very good software with schematic integration , feed back between board and schematic , automatic naming and numbering , very easy to edit the board after all done , different packages for power devices , error check and comparison between board and schematic , 3D modeling but it's not that easy in eagle .
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M.H
Hi!
I'm a user of sprint layout for years, but recently when i submitted the gerbers to a fab here in spain, there were a lot of problems because sprint layout exports pcb as polygons rather than lines, as fabs would like.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem?? ¿how did you solve it? ¿what gerber export settings work well?
Thank you for your help!!
JAY X
I'm a user of sprint layout for years, but recently when i submitted the gerbers to a fab here in spain, there were a lot of problems because sprint layout exports pcb as polygons rather than lines, as fabs would like.
Has anyone experienced a similar problem?? ¿how did you solve it? ¿what gerber export settings work well?
Thank you for your help!!
JAY X
I have never used "Sprint Layout", but I have used several other PCB layout programs (currently the no-charge, open-source KiCAD) and never had a problem like you describe .
If I remember correctly, adding a polygon command was one of the significant improvements to the Gerber format when it went from the RS-274D version to the (current) RS-274X version in the mid 1990's. If the Gerber "Polygon" command is a problem for your fab, then they need to modernize their equipment.
Until they do . . . when you generate Gerber files, is there an option to use only basic Gerber commands, not the extended commands? This is NOT the same as reverting back to RS-274D. (Going back to RS-274D opens up a list of possible problems. Many PCB fabs simply refuse to accept the old RS-274D files.)
Dale
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