It is very easy to panelize your gerbers directly.

Here's a copy of a note I sent a different list:

If you are using Eagle for PCB layout here is a tip:

If you want to step and repeat your board, it is a pain since Eagle is
size-limited. Plus you have to break back annotation so it will let you
arbitrarily create new things on the PCB and is just a general pain.

Here's the trick. Create your gerber files like normal. Then open each
gerber layer and put the following in:

%SRX_Y_I_J_*%

Where the blanks are numbers:

X = Number of X repeats
Y = Number of Y repeats
I = Distance from start of one to start of next in X direction
J = Distance from start of one to start of next in Y direction

So... If you have a 3"x2" board and you want a 4x5 repeat with .25 inch
between each board you could write:

%SRX4Y5I3.25J2.25*%

If you don't produce a Gerber drill file, this might be a problem to fix
up the drills to match. With a gerber drill, it should be OK.

Haven't tried this with a real board, but works great in a Gerber viewer
like ViewMate.


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So the question is, how do you do this same trick with an Excellon drill
file?

Al Williams
AWC
* Easy RS-232 Prototyping (New & Improved)
http://www.al-williams.com/awce/rs1.htm




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> [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On Behalf Of Stefano
> Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 8:38 AM
> To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
> Subject: [EE] panelize with Eagle
>
>
> Hi guys,
>
> I am running several different pcboards to try different RF
> solutions for a PIC based wireless telecomunication system
> for toys. Well, every different PCB has its own setup price,
> so to reduce the price I would like to put all PCB in a
> signel BIG project so I pay only 1 setup price.....
>
> How can I panelize with Eagle (can I ???).
> Shold I get some gerber editor (lavenir like) ?
> Does something "cheap" exist around ?
>
> THANKS,
>
> Stefano Curtarolo
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