User Guide

9.3 RulesthatSaveTimeandMoney
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Eachlayershouldwithoutfailbeuniquelyidentified(e.g.CSfor
ComponentSide).
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Forcostreasonsyoushould,ifatallpossible,avoidtrackthatnar
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rowstobelow8mil.
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Onlyanglesshouldbedrawnatthecornerstodelimittheboard.
Closedborderscanleadtomanufacturingdifficulties.
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Youshouldalwaysleaveatleast2mm(about80mil)aroundthe
edgeoftheboardfreeofcopper.Inthecaseofsupplylayerson
multilayerboards,whichareplottedinverse,youdothisbydraw
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ingawirearoundtheedgeoftheboard.
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Asalreadymentioned, textincopperlayersoughttobewrittenin
vectorfont.Soyoucanreallybesurethatthetextonyourboard
looksthesameasitdoesintheLayoutEditorwindow.
9.4 GeneratingtheDatawithReady-Made
CAMJobs
The CAM Processor provides a job mechanism with the aid of which
thecreationoftheoutputdataforaboardcanbeautomated.
The Control Panel's tree view (CAM Jobs branch) lists all jobs and
showsabriefdescription.
Gerber.cam JobforTwo-LayerBoards
The gerber.cam job uses the GERBERAUTO and GERBER drivers.
These generate files in the RS-274D format. It is set up for two-layer
boards which are to receive a solder stop mask on the component and
onthesolderingside,andistoreceiveasilkscreenprint.
Load the job by double-clicking on the gerber.cam entry in the tree view
oftheControlPanel.
In the first step an aperture table name.whl is automatically generated.
Two messagesappear,whichyouconfirmwithOK.
Gerberjobmessages
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PreparingtheManufacturingData