Homebrew PCBs

On Sat, Feb 13, 2010 at 5:00 PM, alienrelics <alienrelics@...> wrote:

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> Of course I looked. You do know me, right? I'm Mr. retentive, the guy who runs the list and twenty others. The one who posts
> loads of stuff in the Links. The one who writes and rewrites those monthly reminders and tips for newbies.

Yes, and that is why you must live up to a higher standard than
others! Probably just unlucky search terms as you say but it popped
right up with google. (And some payment for those annoying monthly
reminders is really in order don't you think?) ;-)

> DipTrace doesn't seem to want to allow me to fake the edge fingers. I tried. I got help on figuring out how to draw arbitrary >copper shapes in the signal layer, but it won't let me attach an air-wire to it. I tried dropping a pad on one end of the shape >and > then just ignore the error warnings, but it will route all but the last airwire I laid down.


Try to _really_ bodge it no holes barred. If it won't let you connect
air aires try to draw a line on the copper layer, anything to get the
right output, never mind DRC errors or schematic consistency.

With limited software you sometimes have to do really crazy things, I
have to fight against Eagle on a regular basis because there is just
no way to do many things properly.

There is also the option to draw almost everything in DipTrace and
then edit the gerbers with different software. I do this sometimes
when there is really no other way to get it done. Of course it is
horrible should you ever need to change anything. But it'll be a lot
faster to figure out how to make a couple of changes in another
software compared to doing the whole thing.

Anyway, before you try to use Eagle I recommend to lock up all sharp
things and protect your wrists with duct tape just in case you get
frustrated and try to bite through your arteries or something, in an
effort to end the suffering. ;-)


ST