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Date: | Fri, 4 Sep 2015 14:15:45 -0400 |
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Subject: | Re: [geda-user] Defining larger cut-out holes in PCB? |
From: | "Evan Foss (evanfoss AT gmail DOT com) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]" <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> |
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On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Richard Rasker (rasker AT linetec DOT nl) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com] <geda-user AT delorie DOT com> wrote: > Hello, > > I wondered: is there a way to define a larger cut-out hole in a PCB? > My latest PCB has SMD tact switches on the front, behind polyester front > foil. The PCB also features an OLED display. > As the display is higher than the switch plungers, I wish to have it > 'peek through' a routed rectangular hole in the PCB, but so far, I can't > find a way to define holes like this. > > I tried defining the cut-out as an extra 'outline' rectangle within the > main PCB outline, but my PCB house (Eurocircuits) doesn't recognize it > as such -- at least not with their automated tools. I have done a few rounds of this with oshpark and others. Adding cuts to the outline layer works for most of them but a lot of web2.0 tools do not render it correctly. Submit your files and get a person at their end to check them with a proper gerber viewer. The web connected ones are just not quite there yet. > Has anyone dealt with this before, and if so, how was the cut-out > defined? Or is it a matter of defining the cut-out on a separate layer, > and telling my PCB house that this should be routed out? Here was my frustration as a newbie to using cuts. The cut is defined by the outside of the area your traces. Outline of the board is most often defined to the middle of the trace. > Thanks in advance, > > Best regards, > > Richard Rasker > -- Home http://evanfoss.googlepages.com/ Work http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/epl_engineering/wiki/
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