[PCB_FORUM] Re: Mirror dxf file?
- From: Kevin McCowan <kmccowan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: icu-pcb-forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:56:07 -0400
I agree that autocad is the tool to use if you work with dxf files,
but I would work with the gerbers in a gerber tool if I were you.
It gives 2 things. One is that you get to see the allegro output
and see if you got what you wanted to get and second you can mirror
the any layer you want to in the gerber tool and then print the
whole mess. Mentor provided gerbtool with the expedition tool
and it worked great. I have since bought it and wonder why
cadence does not provide the same capability as the basic gerbtool
is cheap ($600 if I remember correctly). If you want to check on it
it is sold by a company named Wise.
Good luck,
Kevin McCowan
Sr. PCB Designer
TSI Telsys
westfeldt wrote:
I don't know the answer to your question, but mirroring is so easy and
effective in autocad, that's where I do it. Another thing I do in autocad
is hatch the pins for the assembly drawing, as they come over unfilled. To
do this easily I export the pins on their own autocad layer, so that I can
grab them all to hatch solid.
Patrick Westfeldt, Jr.
North Boulder Circuit Design
-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Salberg [mailto:msalberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 8:52 AM
To: Cadence User Group
Subject: [PCB_FORUM] Mirror dxf file?
Hello all,
Is there a way to mirror a dxf file output?
We used to create a plot file, mirror on import to .brd, then dxf out.
This creates a DXF on pen layers.
We want to mirror all of the bottom side components, board outline,
etc...for the bottom side assembly drawing. But also would like to output
the DXF with real layers instead of pen layers.
Thanks,
Mark
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