In message , Steven J Tucker writes >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? Just draw an outline using a track, or identify a pair of opposite corners with two short tracks at right-angles. The board supplier will shear the board along the lines. > >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. Leon -- Leon Heller: leon@lfheller.demon.co.uk http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk Amateur Radio Callsign G1HSM Tel: +44 (0) 118 947 1424 See http://www.lfheller.demon.co.uk/dds.htm for details of my AD9850 DDS system. See " "/diy_dsp.htm for a simple DIY DSP ADSP-2104 system.