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Technical Documentation

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Macaos can generate technical drawings in PDF format for your products. Three kinds documents can be generated.

Layout documentation set

A layout documentation set is a PDF file with several drawings, one drawing per page. The contents of the set are

  • An overview of product properties
  • A layout drawing for each layer in the product
  • A stackup drawing (for PCB products)
  • A drill template drawing for each drill layer in the product

Panel drawing

A panel drawing shows the placement of boards and frame objects in a panel. See Panel drawing for more information.

Note: A panel drawing may only be generated in the panelization module. The Operatioins|Print|Panel drawing function in the Product browser simply extracts the panel drawing from the product archive. If no panel drawing exists, a warning is shown.

Stackup drawing

A stackup drawing shows the dimensions and materials of the copper and dielectric layers of a PCB product. It also shows the depths of through, blind and buried holes, if any.

Stackup drawing

Title block

Each technical drawing has a border and title block in accordance with ISO standards for technical drawings. The text fields of the title block may be edited in the dialog box that is shown prior to generating the PDF file. Title blockThe editable fields are:

  • Responsible dept.
  • Technical reference
  • Document type
  • Document status
  • Legal owner
  • Created by
  • Approved by
  • Title
  • Drawing number
  • Rev
  • Date of issue

All title block fields are also added to the PDF file as properties, for archival search purposes.

If Remember title block contents is checked, then the contents of the following fields will be used as default values for future drawings:

  • Responsible dept.
  • Technical reference
  • Document status
  • Legal owner
  • Created by
  • Approved by
  • Rev

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