PDF layouts: copy/paste, multiple on a single page

[TroelsM]

Hi.

I do layout in Orcad. For prototypes and DIY it is possible to plot a single layer in a PDF.

BUT, if the layout is small that method wastes most of the expensive photo-paper. So, what to do? Whats the easy/good way to get multiple, correctly sized layouts on a single piece of paper?

I'm guessing its a simple task with a "PDF editor", but none of the online-types I found can do this, - or rather: I can get them to do it 🙂

What do you do?

 

[geraldfryjr]

I use IrnanView for making a page the multiple copies of the some image,

IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide

Just be sure that you use a image format that is loss less or else you well get a lot of noise in your final image and it won't be sharp.

You will end it with a very large file but it works great.

I had done a set of images for SMD to DIP boards and I wanted to post them here in the forum but the files were too large!!

FWIW

jer 🙂

 

[dangus]

Irfanview if I only have an image. If I have the original PCB file, I might just copy the layout several times. It's good to include some dimensioned lines so you can check the printout with a ruler.

 

[nigelwright7557]

Most pcbcad programs have a block repeat function.
Just repeat the pcb in the same layout multiple times.
You can delete the extra ones if you want to change the basic pcb later.