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On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 8:46 AM, DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com> wrote:

>
> > Sometimes it is neccessary to draw a bord cutout and I guess a
> > filled rectangle with cutouts would make the most sense? Or?
>
> We have an outline layer for that, but really, you can use any drawing
> layer for cutouts if you tell the fab house "this gerber is for
> cutouts".
>

This is what I do also, and they've never complained or screwed it up so
they must be pretty used to it.

It makes it seem that an automated approach shouldn't need drastic changes,
but I guess that depends on what the machines Peter alludes to can read.

Britton

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Sat, Jan 9, 2016 at 8:46 AM, DJ Delorie <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:dj AT delorie DOT com" target=3D"_blank">dj AT delorie DOT com</a>&gt;</span>=
 wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bor=
der-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=3D""><br>
&gt; Sometimes it is neccessary to draw a bord cutout and I guess a<br>
&gt; filled rectangle with cutouts would make the most sense? Or?<br>
<br>
</span>We have an outline layer for that, but really, you can use any drawi=
ng<br>
layer for cutouts if you tell the fab house &quot;this gerber is for<br>
cutouts&quot;.<br>
</blockquote></div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra" style=3D"">This is =
what I do also, and they&#39;ve never complained or screwed it up so they m=
ust be pretty used to it.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra" style=3D""><br></=
div><div class=3D"gmail_extra" style=3D"">It makes it seem that an automate=
d approach shouldn&#39;t need drastic changes, but I guess that depends on =
what the machines Peter alludes to can read.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra=
" style=3D""><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra" style=3D"">Britton</div><=
div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br></div></div>

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