Index: pnp-origin/index.html
===================================================================
--- pnp-origin/index.html (revision 9571)
+++ pnp-origin/index.html (revision 9572)
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
pick and place - origin
- A. simplest case: recangular board, implicit outline, implicit P&P origin
+ A. simplest case: rectangular board, implicit outline, implicit P&P origin
Assume a board of 775*725 mils needs to be
created. The P&P fab says coord 0;0 is the lower left corner. The board
-fab says they need the centerline of toolpath on the outlnie layer for
+fab says they need the centerline of tool-path on the outline layer for
milling.
By far the simplest way to handle this board is to rely on builtin defaults:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
1. start pcb-rnd with no board - this gets the default board template
2. change board width & height (gtk: file/preferences/user PoV/sizes)
3. do the layout
- 4. when exporting gerber, enable the 'all layers' option to get the implicit outline layer
+ 4. when exporting Gerber, enable the 'all layers' option to get the implicit outline layer
5. export the xy
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@
-
B. recangular board, explicit outline, explicit P&P origin
+ B. rectangular board, explicit outline, explicit P&P origin
Assume another board of 775*725 mils needs to
be created. The P&P fab says coord 0;0 is the lower left corner. The
-board fab says they need the centerline of toolpath on the outlnie layer
+board fab says they need the centerline of tool-path on the outline layer
for milling.
This time the virtual board (canvas, drawing area) will be larger and the
@@ -63,9 +63,9 @@
4. draw a short line on a random layer - this will be the P&P mark
5. drag&drop move the endpoint of the unselected mark line to its other endpoint - this will result in a 0 long line, which looks like a filled circle; with 's' increase the size so that it's easily visible
6. select the mark, drag&drop move it to the lower left corner of the outline box
- 7. the mark still selected, press ctrl+e and click on the "add attribue" button in the property editor
+ 7. the mark still selected, press ctrl+e and click on the "add attribute" button in the property editor
8. type in "pnp-origin" in the "Attribute key" and "yes" in the "Attribute value" field; click ok and close the property editor
- 9. export the gerber and xy files
+ 9. export the Gerber and xy files
There is a video tutorial available on steps 4..8.
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
will be milled away.
same trick should work with silk as well
or even on the solder mask layer where this object would be a small cutout over void
- make a new (copper) layer, place the mark there and don't send this layer's gerber export
+ make a new (copper) layer, place the mark there and don't send this layer's Gerber export
(later on pcb-rnd will support documentation layers which are more dedicated for this sort of use)
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
Assume a third board shaped as a 700 mil
diameter circle. The P&P fab says coord 0;0 is the lower left corner of
the bounding box of the circle. The board fab says they need the
-centerline of toolpath on the outlnie layer for milling.
+centerline of tool-path on the outline layer for milling.
The process is the same as in example A. The only extra consideration
is how to find the coords of the P&P origin mark; for this the P&P fab