Eurocircuits and V6 .brd files

Op Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:17:18 +0100 schreef Robert Boers <robert@nospam.ch>:

Thank you Richard. But I don't think it is obvious, as my question was 

concerning supply layers. In Eagle V6 supply layers are converted to 

signal layers, unlike in Eagle V5. So in V6 there is no special 

treatment needed and it becomes a .Lox layer. In Eagle V5 a supply layer 

is represented inverted and requires inversion. Correct?

Robert

Hello Robert,

Correct. in V6 supply layers do not exist anymore. If your design started 

as a V5 design which was converted to V6, the supply layer is now a normal 

inner layer with a signal polygon on it.

A snippet from the V6 changelog:

• Supply layers:

   - Supply layers (i.e. layers with names that start with a '$') are no 

longer

     treated special. Layers for supply signals now need to be realized 

using

     signal polygons.

Since they are not treated special (not inverted), it still looks obvious 

to me: Use the settings for an inner layer. Am I missing something?

If the design was converted from V5 to V6, make sure to check the layer 

for correct connection.

BTW: I got a free license for GerberLogix, which you suggested a few posts 

back, to see how it works/looks/feels. It is indeed a lot easier than GC 

Prevue, but I don't know how accepted it's output is with boardhouses (if 

that's important to you). My current PCB manufacturer accepts GC Prevue 

.GWK files for manufacturing and/or checking boards (they also accept 

Eagle .BRD files, but I've never used that).

Richard

Op Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:17:18 +0100 schreef Robert Boers <robert@nospam.ch>:

Thank you Richard. But I don't think it is obvious, as my question was 

concerning supply layers. In Eagle V6 supply layers are converted to 

signal layers, unlike in Eagle V5. So in V6 there is no special 

treatment needed and it becomes a .Lox layer. In Eagle V5 a supply layer 

is represented inverted and requires inversion. Correct?

Robert

Hello Robert,

Correct. in V6 supply layers do not exist anymore. If your design started 

as a V5 design which was converted to V6, the supply layer is now a normal 

inner layer with a signal polygon on it.

A snippet from the V6 changelog:

• Supply layers:

   - Supply layers (i.e. layers with names that start with a '$') are no 

longer

     treated special. Layers for supply signals now need to be realized 

using

     signal polygons.

Since they are not treated special (not inverted), it still looks obvious 

to me: Use the settings for an inner layer. Am I missing something?

If the design was converted from V5 to V6, make sure to check the layer 

for correct connection.

BTW: I got a free license for GerberLogix, which you suggested a few posts 

back, to see how it works/looks/feels. It is indeed a lot easier than GC 

Prevue, but I don't know how accepted it's output is with boardhouses (if 

that's important to you). My current PCB manufacturer accepts GC Prevue 

.GWK files for manufacturing and/or checking boards (they also accept 

Eagle .BRD files, but I've never used that).

Richard