Re: pcad question
- From: Mike Harrison <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 09:39:01 GMT
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:16:13 +0100, "TheM" <DontNeedSpam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
One question related to P-CAD (2004).
Say you've created a small PCB board in P-CAD using copper pour
for large ground and would like to multiply the board for
stencil and pcb manufacturing.
The problem is that copy-paste does not work as you loose the net
information and copper pour is lost. You basically have to re-assign
ground net for the copper pour for every small pcb, which can be
time consuming.
Is there a way to lock each individual board so the copper pour stays put?
I've tried just about everything with no success.
M
Yes, this is a PITA with PCAD2004 .
PCAD 2006 has a 'paste circuit' feature which will do exactly what you want, but with 2004, the only
way I've found is to rejoin all the nodes on the pour net, and it is very easy to miss the odd pin
or two....
ISTR a while ago managing to do it using gerber import (which imported the pour as its constituent
lines) - This didn't fully work for me as I was doing a layout that needed to be printed, and the
process lost the pad holes which are essential for hand drilling, however for gerber output it might
work. However I'm not sure how you'd handle the drill data.
.
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