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On 9/25/20 9:45 AM, John Peck wrote:
> I use pstoedit a lot:
> 
> pstoedit -xscale 0.5 -yscale 0.5 -ssp -flat .01 -f pcb $(whatever).pdf 
> $(whatever).pcb
> 
> Can you get your silkscreen outline into pdf (or ps)?  Maybe you could 
> then just play with the scaling in pstoedit to make a bigger version of 
> the outline.  You'll then have to bring the output into PCB and "move 
> selected to current layer" after making the outline layer current.

   Yes, I'll try something akin to that.  Thanks!

             -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA

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