Originally Posted by pminmo  Actually the easiest is to do the design in eagle and the run pcbgcode to create the necessary gcode. Copy and past the gcode for each additional copy of the pcb you want to make and use the G-code fixture offsets to redine zero or home for each of the subsequent copies. G54-G59.3 http://www.linuxcnc.org/handbook/gcode/g-code.html and http://wiki.linuxcnc.org/cgi-bin/emc...rdinateSystems
You actually don't have to copy and paste if you just want to edite the g-code after each run, or if your using Mach3 selecting the new offsets after each run. |
I don't think this is the easiest, lets say you have 6 different drill sizes, you gonna change tools (probably by hand) 6 times or 24? Even if its one drill and one routing bit, its still 4 times as many tool changes. Definitely the best way is to just copy the board layout and paste it again to tile it as many times as you want. It also removes a lot of opportunity for fat fingering your coordinates and making scrap.
Matt