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How to do this

autodeskguest
autodeskguest over 16 years ago

I know how to make a round board but our enginering departement asked me to

produce a disk like the one in this drawing:

http://www.time-tech.eu/Detector_Wheel.pdf

 

Could someone tell me how to do this?

 

Thanks

 

Harry

 

 

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  • tpelectronics
    tpelectronics over 16 years ago

    Can you not make a DXF form your drawing and import to eagle?

    OK you must perhaps set holes manuel.

    Thierry

     

    "Brett Holden" <brettholden@bellsouth.net> skrev i melding

    news:gpf3m0$imc$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

     

    "Harry H. Arends" <info@time-tech.eu> wrote in message

    news:gped9j$21i$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

    I know how to make a round board but our enginering departement asked me

    to produce a disk like the one in this drawing:

    http://www.time-tech.eu/Detector_Wheel.pdf

     

    Could someone tell me how to do this?

     

    Thanks

     

    Harry

     

    You only need to calculate ONE hole for this. Work at 3, 6, 9, or 12

    o'clock. Lets say you're at 6:00... .

     

    Draw the circular board outline with the origin as center. Draw your first

    hole at 6:00.

    Copy the hole and place the copy outside the circle, (use a coarse grid if

    you can).

     

    Group the board, rotate it by 7.5 degrees, then copy the hole copy back to

    the 6:00 position.

     

    Group the board, rotate...

     

    (To rotate the PCB: group the entire PCB, click the move icon, RIGHT click

    the group AT THE ORIGIN, type 7.5 in the angle box, ENTER, LEFT click the

    ORIGIN. The board should have rotated 7.5 degrees. You might want to make

    an index mark at some point on the board before you start, that's up to

    you.

     

    It would get more complicated if you had to do oddball angles, (maybe,

    360/7?) but you could work with some multiple of the base angle -

    depending on your allowable error.

     

    Since the total number of holes is divisible by four, you can probably do

    a group copy once you're 1/4 the way done, then once again for the second

    half. Simply eyeball the placement. You will have extra board outlines on

    top of the original that should be removed.

     

    oww, dizzy -gottaa go

     

     

     

     

     

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    autodeskguest over 16 years ago in reply to tpelectronics

    How can i import a dxf drawing into eagle

    "Thierry Pottier" <tp@tpelectronics.no> schreef in bericht

    news:gpihd2$8nv$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

    Can you not make a DXF form your drawing and import to eagle?

    OK you must perhaps set holes manuel.

    Thierry

     

    "Brett Holden" <brettholden@bellsouth.net> skrev i melding

    news:gpf3m0$imc$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

     

    "Harry H. Arends" <info@time-tech.eu> wrote in message

    news:gped9j$21i$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

    I know how to make a round board but our enginering departement asked me

    to produce a disk like the one in this drawing:

    http://www.time-tech.eu/Detector_Wheel.pdf

     

    Could someone tell me how to do this?

     

    Thanks

     

    Harry

     

    You only need to calculate ONE hole for this. Work at 3, 6, 9, or 12

    o'clock. Lets say you're at 6:00... .

     

    Draw the circular board outline with the origin as center. Draw your

    first hole at 6:00.

    Copy the hole and place the copy outside the circle, (use a coarse grid

    if you can).

     

    Group the board, rotate it by 7.5 degrees, then copy the hole copy back

    to the 6:00 position.

     

    Group the board, rotate...

     

    (To rotate the PCB: group the entire PCB, click the move icon, RIGHT

    click the group AT THE ORIGIN, type 7.5 in the angle box, ENTER, LEFT

    click the ORIGIN. The board should have rotated 7.5 degrees. You might

    want to make an index mark at some point on the board before you start,

    that's up to you.

     

    It would get more complicated if you had to do oddball angles, (maybe,

    360/7?) but you could work with some multiple of the base angle -

    depending on your allowable error.

     

    Since the total number of holes is divisible by four, you can probably do

    a group copy once you're 1/4 the way done, then once again for the second

    half. Simply eyeball the placement. You will have extra board outlines on

    top of the original that should be removed.

     

    oww, dizzy -gottaa go

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    Richard_H over 16 years ago in reply to autodeskguest

    Harry H. Arends schrieb:

    How can i import a dxf drawing into eagle

     

     

    Take a look at the Download area, Misc folder.

    There are two or three tools that allow to convert DXF into EAGLE

    script format. Simply search for "dxf" with the search function

    of your browser.

     

    --

    Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

    Richard Hammerl

    CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

    FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

     

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    Richard_H over 16 years ago in reply to autodeskguest

    Harry H. Arends schrieb:

    How can i import a dxf drawing into eagle

     

     

    Take a look at the Download area, Misc folder.

    There are two or three tools that allow to convert DXF into EAGLE

    script format. Simply search for "dxf" with the search function

    of your browser.

     

    --

    Mit freundlichen Gruessen / Best regards

    Richard Hammerl

    CadSoft Support -- hotline@cadsoft.de

    FAQ: http://www.cadsoft.de/faq.htm

     

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    autodeskguest over 16 years ago in reply to Richard_H

    On Wed, 20 May 2009, Richard Hammerl wrote to us saying :

    Harry H. Arends schrieb:

    How can i import a dxf drawing into eagle

     

    Take a look at the Download area, Misc folder.

    There are two or three tools that allow to convert DXF into EAGLE

    script format. Simply search for "dxf" with the search function

    of your browser.

     

    Bear in mind, though, that the DXF format is a very loose standard and

    the import tools have limitations on which object types they cope with.

    When I tried it on a logo design, the tools all achieved exactly the

    same result - nothing.

    --

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