Printing multilayered PCB

Hi Eugeny,

I don't know why others are telling you it's an unreasonable request --

a colour printout of top/bottom layers is handy for many reasons.

The PDF-print output does not calculate transparency but the image

export function does (EAGLE v5 or later).  See File->Export in the PCB

editor.

I would recommend zooming your view to the desired output region,

selecting only the layers you want printed, setting a white background

and exporting a reasonably high resolution (300dpi?) PNG for printing

with your favourite graphics program -- Gimp is good (and free).

A script like the following would do the trick:

SET PALETTE WHITE;     # Ensure output has a white background

SET POLY ON;          # Ensure polygons are filled when ratsnesting

RATSNEST;          # Ratsnest to fill polygons

GRID OFF;          # Hide grid

WINDOW;               # Redraw the screen

DISPLAY NONE Dimension Top Bottom Pads Vias;     # Show only these

#SET CONFIRM YES;     # Auto-answer "Yes" to "overwrite?"

EXPORT IMAGE output.png WINDOW 300     # Export the image

1. Further commands here to restore your preferred settings

Hope that helps,

Andrew

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On 03/12/2011 18:28, Eugeny wrote:

Hello Guys, what are the best practices?

I have two-layered board, and thought that it would be great to print all

the layers into the single PDF using internal PDF printer. However if I do

it (with top layer red and bottom blue), blue conductors appear behind the

red, and are not visible. I was looking to print them with some degree of

opacity, but did not find such capability. What I found is to change

"pattern" (fillstyle) of the conductors, but when scaling pdf up board

becomes looking not so well... or even ugly.

Any ideas?

Thank you.

 

>

Jim, thanks. Taking in account that it's not an option to share gerber and

excellon files, or that customers require paper printout?

"Jim Littlefield" <jameslittlefield@verizon.net> wrote in message

news:jeuvth$mvl$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

On 1/15/2012 11:35 AM, Eugeny Brychkov wrote:

>> Olin, thanks.

>> Silly or not such prinout allows people to clearly see interconnections

>> between the layers on the single sheet.

>> Can you explain how professionals do it for their customers?

>>

>> "Olin Lathrop"<eagle@embedinc.com>  wrote in message

>> news:jeum5d$c01$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

>>> Eugeny wrote on Sun, 15 January 2012 08:39

>>>> 1,5 months no respose... Either I have peculiar request or none knows

>>>> how to do it?

>>>

>>> Probably because it's a rather silly request for most people.  At best

>>> this

>>> sounds like a hobbyist thing.  What you want has never come up for me

>>> and

>>> I

>>> don't expect it to.

>>> --

>>> Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the

>>> CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

>>>

>>

>>

>

Most of my customers use a gerber viewer (Gcpreview, ViewMate, etc). Some

simply download/use the free version of Eagle which allows them to view

(but generally not edit) the layouts in a very flexible way.

 

Jim

 

 

Jim, thanks. Taking in account that it's not an option to share gerber and

excellon files, or that customers require paper printout?

"Jim Littlefield" <jameslittlefield@verizon.net> wrote in message

news:jeuvth$mvl$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

On 1/15/2012 11:35 AM, Eugeny Brychkov wrote:

Olin, thanks.

Silly or not such prinout allows people to clearly see interconnections

between the layers on the single sheet.

Can you explain how professionals do it for their customers?

 

"Olin Lathrop"<eagle@embedinc.com>  wrote in message

news:jeum5d$c01$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

Eugeny wrote on Sun, 15 January 2012 08:39

1,5 months no respose... Either I have peculiar request or none knows

how to do it?

 

Probably because it's a rather silly request for most people.  At best

this

sounds like a hobbyist thing.  What you want has never come up for me

and

I

don't expect it to.

--

Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the

CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

 

 

Most of my customers use a gerber viewer (Gcpreview, ViewMate, etc). Some

simply download/use the free version of Eagle which allows them to view

(but generally not edit) the layouts in a very flexible way.

 

Jim

 

 

On 1/15/2012 11:35 AM, Eugeny Brychkov wrote:

Olin, thanks.

Silly or not such prinout allows people to clearly see interconnections

between the layers on the single sheet.

Can you explain how professionals do it for their customers?

 

"Olin Lathrop"<eagle@embedinc.com>  wrote in message

news:jeum5d$c01$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

>> Eugeny wrote on Sun, 15 January 2012 08:39

>>> 1,5 months no respose... Either I have peculiar request or none knows

>>> how to do it?

>>

>> Probably because it's a rather silly request for most people.  At best

>> this

>> sounds like a hobbyist thing.  What you want has never come up for me and

>> I

>> don't expect it to.

>> --

>> Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the

>> CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

>>

>

Most of my customers use a gerber viewer (Gcpreview, ViewMate, etc).

Some simply download/use the free version of Eagle which allows them to

view (but generally not edit) the layouts in a very flexible way.

Jim

Olin, thanks.

Silly or not such prinout allows people to clearly see interconnections

between the layers on the single sheet.

Can you explain how professionals do it for their customers?

"Olin Lathrop" <eagle@embedinc.com> wrote in message

news:jeum5d$c01$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

Eugeny wrote on Sun, 15 January 2012 08:39

>> 1,5 months no respose... Either I have peculiar request or none knows

>> how to do it?

 

Probably because it's a rather silly request for most people.  At best

this

sounds like a hobbyist thing.  What you want has never come up for me and

I

don't expect it to.

--

Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the

CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

 

Eugeny wrote on Sun, 15 January 2012 08:39

1,5 months no respose... Either I have peculiar request or none knows

how to do it?

Probably because it's a rather silly request for most people.  At best this

sounds like a hobbyist thing.  What you want has never come up for me and I

don't expect it to. 

--

Web access to CadSoft support forums at www.eaglecentral.ca.  Where the CadSoft EAGLE community meets.

1,5 months no respose... Either I have peculiar request or none knows how to

do it?

"Eugeny" <eugeny_brychkov@hotmail.com> wrote in message

news:jbdpov$2pi$1@cheetah.cadsoft.de...

Hello Guys, what are the best practices?

I have two-layered board, and thought that it would be great to print all

the layers into the single PDF using internal PDF printer. However if I do

it (with top layer red and bottom blue), blue conductors appear behind the

red, and are not visible. I was looking to print them with some degree of

opacity, but did not find such capability. What I found is to change

"pattern" (fillstyle) of the conductors, but when scaling pdf up board

becomes looking not so well... or even ugly.

Any ideas?

Thank you.