Copper pour using existing geometry

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Hello. I commonly make circuit boards that have very complex shapes. The contours are usually created in our company's 3D CAD software. Using VB.net, I was able to create a program that translates the board model into an Eagle script that, when run in a board window in Eagle, will draw the board for me. This has been very useful. However, I have a board that requires that the edges be wrapped with copper. I have a supplier who will do it, but I can't seem to make Eagle generate the geometry I need. If you look at the attached image, you will find my circuit board. It's large with a single window cut out. The small gap between the parallel paths is what I need filled with copper so that there is copper outlining the outer and inner edges of the board. How can this be performed? Thanks. 
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gregd schrieb:

Hello. I commonly make circuit boards that have very complex shapes.
The contours are usually created in our company's 3D CAD software.
Using VB.net, I was able to create a program that translates the
board model into an Eagle script that, when run in a board window in
Eagle, will draw the board for me. This has been very useful.

However, I have a board that requires that the edges be wrapped with
copper. I have a supplier who will do it, but I can't seem to make
Eagle generate the geometry I need.

The only simple way I know of to solve that, is to draw additional

(thicker) copper wires at the board outlines and NAME them accordingly.

Your script generator could produce them as well - in case you don't

need them, you can easily delete (parts of) them later in the board.

Note that the DRC will complain about this (ignore/acknowledge these

errors).

If you look at the attached image, you will find my circuit board.

There is no attached image - at least not anywhere outside of that #@$%

forum at element14. You might consider using direct newsgroup access or

having a look at the other web based interface at eaglecentral.ca (which

at least is far better than that of element14).

Tilmann