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  • Altho an experience mechanical designer I am a newby to Eagle.

     

    I  need to place and verify the mechanical aspects of a design for a  client that is responsible for the electrical performance of the  product. I just have to make it fit in the overall design.

     

    What  is best method to represent the size, vertical skyline and mounting  hole positions of a board for use by a mechanical Cad system (eg  Solidworks.

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  • Altho an experience mechanical designer I am a newby to Eagle.

     

    I  need to place and verify the mechanical aspects of a design for a  client that is responsible for the electrical performance of the  product. I just have to make it fit in the overall design.

     

    What  is best method to represent the size, vertical skyline and mounting  hole positions of a board for use by a mechanical Cad system (eg  Solidworks.

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  • in reply to e14 Contributor

    Hi Kurt,

    I often perform the same checks in my work.  If I have a panel layout I will transcribe dimensions of controls, switches, cutouts, mounting holes, etc to a blank board, then determine the maximum size that will fit behind the panel when mounted and develop the PCB from there.  If I have the PCB, I will draw a layer in my CAD program for the board outline and any controls, cutouts, mounting holes or switches that will mate with the panel, as they are already fixed, and align everything to the panel.  The hardest part is to make sure that all the switches, knobs, connectors and screws coexist with the final graphic.  It is often a balancing act to get everything to fit and still look nice.

     

    Hope this helps.

    Kratchet

  • in reply to e14 Contributor

    Hi Kurt,

     

    EAGLE can export data in DXF format. There is a dxf.ulp for this.

    Does this help?

     

    Regards,

    Richard