User Guide

AdditionalInformationfortheBoardManufacturer
You must also supply the service company with the configuration files
for apertures (name.whl) and drills (name.drl). You can also include the
board file name.brd. This can help to avoid problems with what can be
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cometime-consumingquestions.
In general, alignment marks (which are for example defined in layer 49,
Reference) or an information field (in, for example, layer 48, Documen
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tation)canbeincluded.
A text file, such as demo.txt, should contain instructions for the board
manufacturer.
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.
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Forthesakeofcompletenesswewanttopointouthereagainthat
allquestionsconcerninglayersetup,layerthickness,anddrilldi
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ameterformultilayerboardswithblind,buried,ormicroviashave
tobe pre
-examined.
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.
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PreparingtheManufacturingData