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 Post subject: A couple feature requests
PostPosted: 06 Jul 2012, 15:26 
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Hi,

I have a couple features for consideration which I think would be rather beneficial:

1.) Being able to define the coordinates of where the Drill Symbol chart goes in the gerber export. Combining the Drill Symbols with Top Assy (where I put notes and dimensions) and Board Outline Layers makes a very nice fabrication drawing, but often times the drill symbol chart overlaps the tables of fabrication notes I have in the Top Assy Layer. If I could define where the Drill Chart goes, it would solve this problem. I currently have to go back and re-position things in the Assy layer, but I don't know how big the drill chart will be until I preview it, and sometimes it takes a few tries of preview->close->adjust->preview->close->adjust->etc.. to get everything lined up.

2.) The ability to enable the title blocks/sheet info into the gerber export... Our PCB fab houses often ask for a human readable version of the our fabrication drawing, and it would be very convenient to just PDF print my Gerber fabrication drawing (described above), but it has no title sheet information. I wouldn't need it in all gerber layers, just this one 'Fabrication Gerber' I'm creating, so it'd be nice as a check-box option.

3.) In addition to the current Top Assembly layer, could there also be a Fabrication layer? I often have different notes for my fabrication process and for the assembly process, and to create different Fabrication Drawings and Assembly Drawings, I have to go back and delete and add notes in the assembly layer. If I could just enable and disable the separate layers with the separate information it'd be great!

I'm not sure how wide-spread the need for these types of things are, but I know a lot of professional board fabrication and assembly houses ask for these types of drawings, so I thought these might be handy features! Thanks,

-Matt


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