Actions
Forum Thread Details
  • Replies 3 replies
  • Subscribers 177 subscribers
  • Views 289 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Related

How to print a board complete with polygon fill?

autodeskguest

I want to produce board layout artwork on my printer that has a polygon

fill. Whenever I reload the board, the fill disappears and I have to

regenerate the fill on screen. I believe that the Gerber output will

regenerate the fill but I simply want to generate artwork on my line printer

complete with fill. Have I missed the relevant section in the manual that

explains all this? Do I have to produce the Gerber outputs to achieve this

or is there a quick and easy method using just the print from the control

panel menu?

 

 

 

Parents

  • Don Owen schrieb:

     

    I have already done this, but I guess the hidden agenda of my question was

    whether the artwork produced using this is the same as that produced from

    going through the Gerber production procedure.

     

    I'm pretty sure that the artwork is the same (wouldn't make any sense if

    not), but the way it is drawn may differ between the printer devices.

     

    Maybe I'm just being lazy

    trying to get some quick tips and so my next task is to produce Gerber files

    and find out for myself.

     

    Sorry, I still can't see the reason /why/ this is so important and what

    exactly you are trying to test/verify...

     

    I've got to say that its a pity that Eagle can't

    preserve the fill without having to click the rats nest but its not a big

    deal.

     

    I think it's mainly a matter of file sizes. Only the design data is

    stored, not the information that is calculated from it.

     

    BTW, please read and consider

    <http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html>.

     

    Tilmann

     

Reply

  • Don Owen schrieb:

     

    I have already done this, but I guess the hidden agenda of my question was

    whether the artwork produced using this is the same as that produced from

    going through the Gerber production procedure.

     

    I'm pretty sure that the artwork is the same (wouldn't make any sense if

    not), but the way it is drawn may differ between the printer devices.

     

    Maybe I'm just being lazy

    trying to get some quick tips and so my next task is to produce Gerber files

    and find out for myself.

     

    Sorry, I still can't see the reason /why/ this is so important and what

    exactly you are trying to test/verify...

     

    I've got to say that its a pity that Eagle can't

    preserve the fill without having to click the rats nest but its not a big

    deal.

     

    I think it's mainly a matter of file sizes. Only the design data is

    stored, not the information that is calculated from it.

     

    BTW, please read and consider

    <http://www.netmeister.org/news/learn2quote2.html>.

     

    Tilmann

     

Children
No Data