pcb: the opensource program and merging two files
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Posted by samiam on July 9, 2007, 3:47 pm
Please log in for more thread options Just wondered if anyone did something like this I have two pcb layouts done with the opensource pcb program layout 1 is for the top board layout two is for the bottom board both boards are 8x5 I have decided instead of merge them into one board of size 8x10, and I thought that simply doing the following opening top.pcb and increasing it to 8x10 opening bottom.pcb and increasing it to 8x10 and moving the layout to the bottom of the 8x10 window cat top.pcb bottom.pcb >newlayout.pcb
editing the newlayout.pcb to make certain theres one header and non
duplicate parts But that hasnt worked out anyone ever had to do something like this? If all fails Ill just redo the layout on an 8x10 sized board, but it would cost a week - which is probably the best thing to do in the long run anyway :) | |||||||||||||
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Posted by DJ Delorie on July 9, 2007, 9:30 pm
Please log in for more thread options > anyone ever had to do something like this?
You want the "load layout data to paste-buffer" option, you can't just concatenate them. The load layout option lets you paste one board onto another. Or you can use my panelizing scripts: http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/dj_delorie/ pcb2panel lets you rearrange the outlines, panel2pcb merges them according to the outline layout. | |||||||||||||
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Posted by samiam on July 10, 2007, 1:02 pm
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> You want the "load layout data to paste-buffer" option, you can't just
> concatenate them. The load layout option lets you paste one board > onto another. > > Or you can use my panelizing scripts: > http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/dj_delorie/ > > pcb2panel lets you rearrange the outlines, panel2pcb merges them > according to the outline layout. Much appreciated! Thanks | |||||||||||||
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Posted by Peter Bennett on July 9, 2007, 10:26 pm
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On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 19:47:44 GMT, samiam >Just wondered if anyone did something like this
> >I have two pcb layouts done with the opensource pcb program >layout 1 is for the top board >layout two is for the bottom board >both boards are 8x5 > >I have decided instead of merge them into one board of size 8x10, and I >thought that simply doing the following > >opening top.pcb and increasing it to 8x10 >opening bottom.pcb and increasing it to 8x10 and moving the layout to >the bottom of the 8x10 window > >cat top.pcb bottom.pcb >newlayout.pcb >editing the newlayout.pcb to make certain theres one header and non >duplicate parts > >But that hasnt worked out >anyone ever had to do something like this? > >If all fails Ill just redo the layout on an 8x10 sized board, but it >would cost a week - which is probably the best thing to do in the long >run anyway :) In Protel, I'd copy-and-paste within the PCB editor. I'd open the two original PCBs, and a new one, then copy PCB1 into the new PCB, and also copy PCB2 into the new one, positioned so it doesn't overlap PCB1. I can't see that simply concatenating the two PCB files using a Linux(?) command will do anything useful. -- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca new newsgroup users info : http://vancouver-webpages.com/nnq GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca | |||||||||||||
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