You are correct that you COULD merge multiple PCBs using a Gerber editor - there are several which would do the job. The problem is that a GOOD Gerber editor costs about half as much as the full Eagle Pro version, so you would have to decide if the extra time and potential problems are worth the price difference. Myself, I really hope to get enough work to justify purchasing the full package. Just a background, I have many years of experience with the PADS Power-Logic and Power-PCB packages ( and Blaze Router). Eagle doesn't do everything that PADs does, but it is a LOT cheaper. And, contrary to what some have said, the user interface is no more arcane than that of PADS - which is, quite frankly, user hostile. (At least this user) I actually found Eagle easier to use in a lot of ways. Just MHO - YMMV. Roy J. Gromlich - Senior Engineer Renaissance Technologies ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Chops Westfield" To: Sent: Monday, April 12, 2004 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [EE:] Good schematic & PCB layout software? > You COULD scale all the Eagle libraries down by a factor of 5, and then > lay out up to a 15x20 inch board, and adjust the gerber output in some > sort of gerber editor... I ALMOST did that for a board that was big > but had very few components on it, but sanity prevailed... > It would be Wrong, though... Even the full-scale version of Eagle is > pretty cheap compared to most PCB packages. > > Rather than attaching multiple boards with wires, you might be able to > have them terminate at 'well defined' interfaces at the edges of the > individual parts, and then merge them with some sort of gerber tool... > > BillW > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics > (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics