I usually put a rectangle on the silk screen layer that shows the boundary.
I'm usually too cheap to get our boards silk screened, so it seems like a
good place to put it.

Regards,

Al WIlliams
AWC
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-----Original Message-----
From: Steven J Tucker <classics@NACS.NET>
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Date: Friday, February 06, 1998 5:03 PM
Subject: [OT] PCB Production


>I have a few shareware/freeware PCB packages, but I've never had a board
> produced and was wondering if and of you had any suggestions.  Once I
> route the board, and have something that I can send to a PCB place, how
> do I specify the stuff like where to cut the boards, and how close to
> the edge the connectors need to be?
>
>The software seems to great for routing and plotting, but I cant find any
> functions to draw the boundries of the board.  Is this something that
> is not normally part of a PCB package, and needs to arranged with the
> people who will make the boards?
>
>I really would like to be able to define the edges and holes to keep the
> autorouter from using those areas where the board will be irregular.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Steve
>