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"However it nearly always has some kind of panel mounting. When I start a
layout, I nearly always want to start with the mechanical components, to
say: distribute these switches/LEDS between here and here, on 20mm centres.
This is trivial with 2D MCAD, but cumbersome with PCB.
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Good idea. All profesional flows start with "mechanical" design of PCB -
mounting holes, connectors, LEDs, switches etc. These footprints must not be
touched later. Then placement and layout of all non-mechanical components
Another question - is there any process of pre-placement in PCB ? Somehow to
extract positions from SCH file and load it to PCB - footprints will be
moved to similar places like in schematic.
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<html><body><br><blockquote>However it nearly always has some kind of panel
mounting. When I start a layout, I nearly always want to start with the
mechanical components, to say: distribute these switches/LEDS between here and
here, on 20mm centres. This is trivial with 2D MCAD, but cumbersome with
PCB.<br><br></blockquote><p><br></p><p>Good idea. All profesional flows start
with "mechanical" design of PCB - mounting holes, connectors, LEDs, switches
etc. These footprints must not be touched later. Then placement and layout of
all non-mechanical components<br></p><p><br></p><p>Another question - is there
any process of pre-placement in PCB ? Somehow to extract positions from SCH
file and load it to PCB - footprints will be moved to similar places like in
schematic.<br></p><blockquote></blockquote></body></html>
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