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Panelize a PCB

jatins

Hi

I have a small circular PCB and i have made step file of it.

Now, i want to panelize this PCB into: 3x3 and create a step file out of the complete Panel(having 9 PCBs). 

Is it possible?

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  • Let the fabricator do it.   Find a pcb fabrication video on Youtube and it will be clear.

    The common panel size for fabrication is 18 inches wide by 24 inches long.   Fabricators are not going to set up their conveyor equipment differently because boards are 5" wide instead of 6".

    Even if you have specific requirements for assembly, Fabricators do panelization for assembly, then fabrication all..the..time...

    (SMT assembly lines for volume production have a fixed conveyor width..  If you don't follow that width, you'll be soldering parts on by hand.)

    You don't want  to send these massive fab files then learn the first thing they do is blow away all images but one, add manufacturing yield changes like fix acid traps, then replicate the updated array.

    It just slows things down.

    Even in SIP, panelization is a license option to buy.

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  • Let the fabricator do it.   Find a pcb fabrication video on Youtube and it will be clear.

    The common panel size for fabrication is 18 inches wide by 24 inches long.   Fabricators are not going to set up their conveyor equipment differently because boards are 5" wide instead of 6".

    Even if you have specific requirements for assembly, Fabricators do panelization for assembly, then fabrication all..the..time...

    (SMT assembly lines for volume production have a fixed conveyor width..  If you don't follow that width, you'll be soldering parts on by hand.)

    You don't want  to send these massive fab files then learn the first thing they do is blow away all images but one, add manufacturing yield changes like fix acid traps, then replicate the updated array.

    It just slows things down.

    Even in SIP, panelization is a license option to buy.

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